Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 60 1 e Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Coordinate reflection in requires the th component to be odd in , and reflections in the other coordinates require it to be even in those coordinates. Thus no constant or quadratic terms are permitted. The only cubic monomials in component are and for . Coordinate permutations equate their coefficients in all components. After using the transverse linear eigenvalue as parameter, the normal form isThe remainder starts at fifth spatial order, together with parameter-dependent corrections such as . This is the cubic equivariants of the full cube symmetry group form. On a branch with equal nonzero absolute coordinates , respectively,Hence the three leading branch amplitudes are , and . Their generic nonzero denominators determine on which side the branches occur; existence alone does not make them stable.