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  2. Saddle-node bifurcation - Wikipedia

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    When is positive, there are two equilibrium points: that is, one saddle point and one node (either an attractor or a repellor). Other examples are in modelling biological switches. [ 4 ] Recently, it was shown that under certain conditions, the Einstein field equations of General Relativity have the same form as a fold bifurcation. [ 5 ]

  3. Equilibrium point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    An equilibrium point is hyperbolic if none of the eigenvalues have zero real part. If all eigenvalues have negative real parts, the point is stable. If at least one has a positive real part, the point is unstable.

  4. Stability theory - Wikipedia

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    The simplest kind of an orbit is a fixed point, or an equilibrium. If a mechanical system is in a stable equilibrium state then a small push will result in a localized motion, for example, small oscillations as in the case of a pendulum. In a system with damping, a stable equilibrium state is moreover asymptotically stable. On the other hand ...

  5. Simple harmonic motion - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics and physics, simple harmonic motion (sometimes abbreviated as SHM) is a special type of periodic motion an object experiences by means of a restoring force whose magnitude is directly proportional to the distance of the object from an equilibrium position and acts towards the equilibrium position.

  6. List of types of equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    Partial equilibrium, the equilibrium price and quantity which come from the cross of supply and demand in a competitive market; Radner equilibrium, an economic concept defined by economist Roy Radner in the context of general equilibrium; Recursive competitive equilibrium, an economic equilibrium concept associated with a dynamic program

  7. Vibration - Wikipedia

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    Vibration (from Latin vibrāre 'to shake') is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point.Vibration may be deterministic if the oscillations can be characterised precisely (e.g. the periodic motion of a pendulum), or random if the oscillations can only be analysed statistically (e.g. the movement of a tire on a gravel road).

  8. Autonomous system (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Some sink, source or node are equilibrium points. 2-dimensional case refers to Phase plane. In mathematics, an autonomous system or autonomous differential equation is a system of ordinary differential equations which does not explicitly depend on the independent variable. When the variable is time, they are also called time-invariant systems.

  9. Hyperbolic equilibrium point - Wikipedia

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    Strogatz notes that "hyperbolic is an unfortunate name—it sounds like it should mean 'saddle point'—but it has become standard." [1] Several properties hold about a neighborhood of a hyperbolic point, notably [2] Orbits near a two-dimensional saddle point, an example of a hyperbolic equilibrium. A stable manifold and an unstable manifold exist,