A Phase Portraits of a system of differential equations

AHSAN MUJTABA
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One thing that bothers me regarding the phase portraits, if I plot a phase portrait, then all my possible solutions (for different initial conditions) are included in the diagram?
In other words, a phase portrait of a system of ODE's is its characteristic diagram?
 
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Yes, the phase portrait gives a complete information about all trajectories. That is why it is so hard to obtain it.
 
Thread 'Direction Fields and Isoclines'

Thread 'Direction Fields and Isoclines'

I sketched the isoclines for $$ m=-1,0,1,2 $$. Since both $$ \frac{dy}{dx} $$ and $$ D_{y} \frac{dy}{dx} $$ are continuous on the square region R defined by $$ -4\leq x \leq 4, -4 \leq y \leq 4 $$ the existence and uniqueness theorem guarantees that if we pick a point in the interior that lies on an isocline there will be a unique differentiable function (solution) passing through that point. I understand that a solution exists but I unsure how to actually sketch it. For example, consider a...
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