5. (a) Here are two distinct 2-cycles, one shown by the red graphical iteration track, one by the green graphical iteration track |
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(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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