MAT 1332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Product Rule
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This session covers sections 8. 3, 8. 4 and part of complex numbers: find the equilibria of the equation y" = y3 5y2 + 6y, and determine the stability of each equilibrium. Let y3 5y2 + 6y = y(y 2)(y 3) = 0. Then y = 0, y = 2, y = 3. Let f (y) = y3 5y2 + 6y. Since f "(0) = 6 > 0, and f "(3) = 3 > 0, equilibria y = 0 and y = 3 are unstable. Since f "(2) = 2 < 0, equilibrium y = 2 is stable. Recall the stability theorem: let y = y0 be an equilibrium of autonomous equation y" = f (y). It is stable if f "(y0) < 0; it is unstable if f "(y0) > 0: find the equilibria of the equation y" = y(e stability of each equilibrium. The equilibria of this equation are y = 0 and y =