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(Typewriter sequence) Consider the following sequence of functions on [0,1]. Let f1= X[0, 1\2], f2= X[1\2, 1], f3= X[0, 1\4], f4= X[1/4, 1\2], f5= X[1\2, 3/4], f6= X[3/4, 1], f7= X[0, 1\8], etc. Where X is the Characteristic function. (a) Prove that fn does not converge for any x in [0,1]...

Question: Show that the system x'= x-y-x[x^2 + (3/2)y^2] y'= x+y -y[x^2 + (1/2)y^2] has at least one periodic orbit. I know that I need to apply Poincare-Bendixson Theorem. I can prove the first three points of it easily, but to create a trapping region, I believe that I need to...