Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Department of Mathematics
Assignment-4
Subject: Nonlinear Dynamics and Computations (MA 407/607)
Max. Marks: 20 Submission date: F ebruary22,2023

Questions

1. For each of the following systems, examine by the definitions of different types
of stability (use ϵ-δ technique) whether the origin is attracting, Liapunov stable,
asymptotically stable, or none of the above:
(a) ẋ = y,
ẏ = −4x.
(b) ẋ = 2y,
ẏ = x.
(c) ẋ = 0,
ẏ = x.
(d) ẋ = 0,
ẏ = −y.
(e) ẋ = −x,
ẏ = −5y.
(f) ẋ = x,
ẏ = y.
2. Consider the system Ẋ = AX, where X = (x1 , . . . , x6 ) ,
 
0 ω1
 −ω1 0 
 
 0 ω2 
A= ,

 −ω 2 0 

 −1 
1

and ω1 /ω2 is irrational. Describe qualitatively how a solution behaves when, at

time 0, each xj is nonzero with the exception that,
(a) x6 = 0
(b) x5 = 0
(c) x3 = x4 = x5 = 0
(d) x3 = x4 = x5 = x6 = 0.
3. Consider the triplet of harmonic oscillators

x¨1 = −x1
x¨2 = −2x2
x¨3 = −ω 2 x3 ,

where ω is irrational. What can you say about the qualitative behaviour of solu-
tions of this six-dimensional system?

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