Eighth Homework Set Answers

5. (a) Here are two distinct 2-cycles, one shown by the red graphical iteration track, one by the green graphical iteration track
 
(b) These cycles are neither stable nor unstable. The pink and The light blue graphical iterations show that nearby points get neither closer to nor farther away from the green cycle. A similar argument would work for the red cycle.

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