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phase portrait of system of differential equations
Is there a full classification of the phase portraits of the following systems of differential equations
\begin{equation}
\cases{
\dot x=a_{11}x+a_{12}y+a_{13}z \\
\dot y=a_{2 1}x+a_{22}y+a_{23}z\\
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How to deduce the existence of stationary points from fixed points of evolution maps?
This is probably a very elementary question. Nevertheless I decided to post it on MO. Consider a smooth manifold $M$ and a smooth complete vector field $v:M\rightarrow TM$. Consider an autonomous ...
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First order PDE, singular at a point
I am pretty sure this should be text book material, but I couldn't find this anywhere; maybe I just don't know where to look.
Problem: Suppose we have a smooth vector field $X = a_i x^i \partial_i + ...
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Partial feedback linearization (Control theory)
I'm trying to understand a theorem about partial feedback linearization from the paper "On the largest feedback linearizable subsystem" by R. Marino (published in: Systems & Control Letters, ...
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Bessel functions in wave propagation and scattering
Is there a way to scale $J_n(\cdot)$ (Bessel of first kind) and $H_n(\cdot)$ (Bessel of third kind or Hankel)? I am having computer problems with higher orders (higher values of n) and small arguments....
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(Approximate) analytic solutions to the Mathieu equation
I'm trying to solve the driven Mathieu equation
$x''+\beta x'+(a-2q\cos{\Omega t})\frac{\Omega^2}{4}x=f(t)$
for both zero and non-zero $\beta$.
I can write down an analytic solution using the ...
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Omega-limit set of the omega-limit set
Consider a dynamical system given by its flow $\phi(t,x)$, where $t \in R$, $x \in R^n$ and $\phi: R \times R^n \to R^n$ is (say) differentiable.
The $\omega$-limit set, $\omega(p)$, of a point $p \...
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2- and 3-body problems when gravity is not inverse-square
Suppose that gravity did not follow an inverse-square law, but was instead a central force diminishing
as $1/d^p$ for distance separation $d$ and some power $p$.
Two questions:
Presumably the 2-body ...
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Limit of a discrete time dynamical system
I have the following discrete time dynamical system
$$ y(t+1) = y(t) + \frac{1}{1+\exp(z+ u f y(t))} ,\quad y(0)=0,$$
where $z$ is a real number $f$ and $u$ are non-negative reals. I know I have ...
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Existence of a vector field with a finite number of limit cycles.
The following question is related to the Seifert conjecture.
Let $M$ be a closed manifold with zero Euler characteristic. Is it true that each homotopy class of nowhere-zero vector fields on $M$ ...
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A formula for the Jacobian of a flow
Let $U : \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be a smooth vector field, and let $F_t : \mathbb R \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be the corresponding smooth flow, defined by the differential equation $$\...
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Analytic ODE with complex time
Suppose we have a complex vector field on $\mathbb{C}^n$ which is analytic and has $|DV| < L$ on ball $B_r$ with radius r.
I would like to understand:
1) if there exists an analytic flow $\phi_t(x)...
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Estimating the flow when we know the vector field
Suppose we have a $C^k$ vector field $v$ and let $\phi_t$ be the corresponding flow. I have estimates on $v$ and its derivatives: $|v| < C_0$, $|Dv| < C_1$, $|D^2v| < C_2$, ... $|D^kv| < ...
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Dropping three bodies
Consider the usual three-body problem with Newtonian
$1/r^2$ force between masses. Let the three masses start off at rest,
and not collinear. Then they will become collinear a finite time ...
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Difference Equations & Possible Limits
The answer to this may well be in some elementary textbook - a reference might be more useful than a short answer here.
If we look at the behaviour of a point in R n under matrix multiplication, we ...
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What is an integrable system?
What is an integrable system, and what is the significance of such systems? (Maybe it is easier to explain what a non-integrable system is.) In particular, is there a dichotomy between "...
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