Node (autonomous system)
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The behaviour of a linear autonomous system
around a critical point is a node if the following conditions are satisfied:
Each path converges to the critical point as
(or as 
). Furthermore, each path approaches the point asymptotically through a line.
Autonomous system (mathematics)
In mathematics, an autonomous system or autonomous differential equation is a system of ordinary differential equations which does not explicitly depend on the independent variable...
around a critical point is a node if the following conditions are satisfied:
Each path converges to the critical point as
(or as ). Furthermore, each path approaches the point asymptotically through a line.