Solution 9.

Exercise 3(a)  Find the general solution to the system of D. E.'s  

First, set up the system of D. E. to be solved.

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Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix A and use them to form the vector function solutions to the system of D. E.'s.

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Exercise 3(b)  Find the solution with the initial conditions:

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We can plot the solution curve.  This is just for fun.

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Aside. We will plot the solution curves where the starting points are (1,0), (0,0.6), (0.6,0), (0,0.3).
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Plot the solution curves where the starting points are (1,0), (0,0.6), (0.6,0), (0,0.3).

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Converted by Mathematica      January 28, 2003