On the phase portrait of the system \(\dot x=Ax+\langle a,x\rangle x\) (Q1944385)

The authors attempt to describe the phase portrait of a quadratic nonlinear ODE. For this purpose, the analysis is divided into two main cases: in the first one, all eigenvalues of the linear part of the ODE are real, and, in the second one, one or more pairs of complex eigenvalues occur. For the latter case, the ODE is embedded into a one-parameter family of vector fields in order to study the structure of the phase portrait by means of bifurcation theory.