Business I / Systems of Differential Equations
Practice question · True or false

In a phase diagram, nullclines are curves where one of the two derivatives equals zero.

Hints
  1. Each curve marks where one variable stops changing.
  2. Their intersection is where both stop at once.
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Why

The x˙=0\dot{x} = 0 nullcline shows where xx is momentarily stationary; the y˙=0\dot{y} = 0 nullcline shows where yy is stationary. Their intersection is the equilibrium.

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