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Homework Statement
I am trying to show that for a duffing oscillator described by
x''+2g x'+ax+bx^3=0
with a<0, b>0
the equilibria at x=+- \sqrt{-a/b} are stable
Homework Equations
I used coupled equations, and the characteristic equation of a linear system
The Attempt at a Solution
Coupled equations, x and x' related by
d/dt(x,x')=[[0,1],[-a-bx^2, -2g]](x,x')
Setting x=+-\sqrt{-a/b} gives the characteristic is
\lambda^2+2g \lambda+a+b(-a/b)=0
But this can't be right since, i know from literature that the eigens are
\lambda 1=-g + \sqrt{g^2+2a}
\lambda 2=-g- \sqrt{-g^2+2a}
and this gives eigens 0 and -2g
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