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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 4 32B a Solution by
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At an equilibrium, each product inmust vanish. This gives the two parameter-independent equilibriathe equilibria on and the equilibria with both coordinates nonzerowhere matching signs are used.
The pair is born at , suggesting a saddle-node bifurcation. At , one of these equilibria meets , suggesting a transcritical bifurcation, while the two equilibria near are simultaneously born in a saddle-node. At , the minus branch meets , suggesting another transcritical bifurcation. At , that branch meets the equilibrium , again suggesting a transcritical bifurcation. Thus the bifurcation parameter values are
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