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Local and global bifurcation for  ˙x=1y2, ˙y=xμyy2

Move the slider below to change the value of μ. The two red dots, localted at (μ1,1) and (μ1,1), are fixed point. The fixed point (μ1,1) is always a saddle, but the fixed point (μ1,1) changes from a unstable focus to a stable focus as μ increases beyond 2. There is one global bifurcation point at around μ=1.63, when a limit cycle emerges.


mu = 2

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