Solution

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The Jacobian matrix at the extinction fixed point is
with characteristic polynomial
Under , , whereas as . Hence its positive eigenvalue
is greater than one. Its eigenvector can be taken with both components positive: choose . Thus there are biologically admissible positive perturbations that grow. The extinction fixed point is unstable by linear stability analysis for a discrete dynamical system.

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