Stability I: Equilibrium Points
people.cs.uchicago.edu/~lebovitz/Eodesbook/stabeq.pdfand there may be other equilibrium points as well. Example 8.1.1 The following system of three equations, the so-called Lorenz system, arose as a crude model of uid motion in a vessel of uid heated from below (like a pot of water on a stove). It is a widely studied (see [5]) example of simple dynamical system in which chaotic behavior may occur ...
Stability I: Equilibrium Points
people.cs.uchicago.edu › ~lebovitz › EodesbookStability I: Equilibrium Points Suppose the system x_ = f(x); x2Rn (8.1) possesses an equilibrium point qi.e., f(q) = 0. Then x= qis a solution for all t. It is often important to know whether this solution is stable, i.e., whether it persists essentially unchanged on the in nite interval [0;1) under small changes in the initial data.