Solution

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At zero, , so it is stable for , loses stability through multiplier at and at . Nonzero fixed points are
born in a saddle-node at . Their stability follows from ; marks solid branches. Thus the three bifurcations are the saddle-node, the exchange at , and the flip at .

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