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For a spatially homogeneous equilibrium of the Brusselator, the reaction terms obeyPositivity gives $uv=\beta$, and substitution into the first equation gives

The reaction Jacobian there issoThe linear stability analysis therefore makes the equilibrium asymptotically stable. It is a stable node whenand a stable focus when the reverse strict inequality holds. Since the upper-right entry of $J$ is positive and the lower-left entry is negative, focus trajectories rotate clockwise. Thus the local phase portrait consists of trajectories approaching the fixed point, either directly as a node or while spiralling clockwise as a focus.