Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
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ISBN: 9780813349107
Author: Steven H. Strogatz
Publisher: PERSEUS D
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 4E
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To show that all vector fields on the line are a gradient system

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The system can be written in the form x˙= -V for some continuously differential, single-valued scalar function V(x). Such a system is called a gradient system with potential function V. V(x)

Closed orbit is impossible in the gradient system.

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