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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 iii Paper 59 1 a Solution by
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At both points, and , so both components of the vector field vanish. Thus both points are equilibrium points for every parameter value. These are regular points of the spherical coordinates chart: the coordinate singularity at the pole plays no role in their linearization.
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