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= Solution
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A <saddle point> of the exponential phase occurs where $(it^3)'=3it^2=0$. Hence the only saddle is
$$
\boxed{t=0.}
$$
It is degenerate: the second phase derivative vanishes there, while the third is $6i\ne0$. This cubic degeneracy produces the $x^{-1/3}$ scale. The other endpoint $t=1$ is not a saddle, since the phase derivative there is $3i$.

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