Calc III Lab 11: Introduction

In this lab we will study a first order nonlinear system of ODEs.

Objectives of the lab

The objectives of this lab are

to find equilibria of a system of ODEs;
to linearize the system in order to determine the stability and local phase portrait of the equilibria;
to examine bifurcations of equilibria;
to find out as much as possible about the dynamics of the given ODEs, by applying numerical, analytic, and geometric techniques;

You will need to launch DsTool for this lab. DsTool has an on-line help facility to help you in doing the exercises below.

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