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Putnam 1960 B3

  • Session B

The motion of the particles of a fluid in the plane is specified by the following components of velocity dxdt=y+2x(1−x2−y2),  dydt=−x.\frac{dx}{dt}=y+2x(1-x^2 -y^2),\; \frac{dy}{dt}=-x. Sketch the shape of the trajectories near the origin. Discuss what happens to an individual particle as t→∞t\to \infty , and justify your conclusion.

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