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Paper 2, Section II, 6 A6 \mathrm{~A}6 A

Differential Equations | Part IA, 2013

Consider the function

f(x,y)=(x2−y4)(1−x2−y4)f(x, y)=\left(x^{2}-y^{4}\right)\left(1-x^{2}-y^{4}\right)f(x,y)=(x2−y4)(1−x2−y4)

Determine the type of each of the nine critical points.

Sketch contours of constant f(x,y)f(x, y)f(x,y).

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