Solution

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At , write , so . Multiplying the stationary equation by gives . The endpoint values and vanishing endpoint derivatives make . For the decreasing connection,
Separate variables and absorb the integration constant into a translation . The logistic front of a bistable cubic equation is
It approaches on the left and on the right and satisfies the stationary differential equation directly.

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