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Special functions, orthogonal polynomials, harmonic analysis, ordinary differential equations (ODE's), differential relations, calculus of variations, approximations, expansions, asymptotics.

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How many strict local minima can a quintic polynomial in two real variables have?

A quadratic or cubic polynomial (in two variables) can have at most one strict local minimum. A quartic polynomial can have up to five strict local minima [1]. So, how many strict local minima can a …
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Can a cubic polynomial in two real variables have three saddle points?

Is there a cubic polynomial $c(x,y)$ with exactly 3 saddle point critical points? In other words, can a cubic polynomial in two variables have three critical points, all of which are saddle points? …
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How many saddle points can a quartic polynomial in two real variables have? All 9?

By Bézout's theorem a quartic polynomial $p(x,y)$ can have at most 9 isolated critical points. Can all of them be saddle points? In case of a cubic polynomial there is a mechanical way to answer thi …
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Polynomial / quadratic autonomous system of ODEs – proving monotonicity / convexity

Problem: Consider the autonomous ODE system \begin{align*} \dot{x} &= (1-x) (z-xy)\\ \dot{y} &= \tfrac 1 2 y^2 - (a+xy)(1-y) \\ \dot{z} &= \tfrac 1 2 z^2 - \tfrac 1 2 y^2 + (a+xy)z \end{align*} for $ …
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