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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 ii Paper 1 32B b Solution by
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The fixed points are and . At the origin the eigenvalues are and , so it is a saddle. At either nonzero point the characteristic polynomial isThey are stable nodes for , degenerate nodes at equality, and stable spirals above it.
The stable manifold of the origin is exactly . Write the stable manifold in the unstable direction as . Graph invariance givesThus has
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