Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/ii/paper-1/31e/iv/solution

For , eliminating time gives the separable differential equation
and hence
Define the possible limit at for a trajectory starting off the boundary lines by
The set is empty because , so there is no finite accumulation point. Since on and outside , the complete classification off the boundary lines is
For the solution has forward finite-time blow-up, and for it has backward finite-time blow-up, explaining the other empty entries under the usual infinite-time definitions.
It remains to treat . Here and . If , both limit sets equal . If , then
This includes all boundary cases in both and the initial point.

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