Now that you have completed this section you should be able to

• Understand and find equilibrium points




• Understand and find directrices




• Plot direction fields




• Plot and interpret phase portraits




• Plot time series




• Find the trace, determinant and discriminant of a matrix




• Find and determine the type of eigenvalues of a matrix




• Classify the stability of the equilibrium points from the eigenvalues




• Classify the stability of the equilibrium points using the tr-det diagram