Let us be given the ODE
y'= (Cy- D*C) (Fy^2 - (A+B)*F y + A*B*F)
with initial value y_0 = Y
and solution t \mapsto y(t)
.
Determine \displaystyle \color{teal}\lim_{t \to \infty} y(t)
.
\displaystyle \color{teal}\lim_{t \to \infty} y(t)
=
B
Stationary solutions {\color{orange}y_{\infty}}
with
{\color{orange}y'_{\infty}} = 0
are candidates for asymptotes.
To find stationary solutions, we search for zeros of the right-hand side of the ODE
(Cy- D*C) (Fy^2 - (A+B)*F y + A*B*F)
.
This simplifies to
C*F(y- D) (y - A) (y - B)
, i.e.
{\color{orange}y_{\infty}} \in \{ A, B, D\}
.
For convergence, we consider the graph of the function F
with
F(y)=C*F(y- D) (y - A) (y - B)
.
Its qualitative behavior can be understood from the following graph.
In the graph we also see the initial value {\color{blue}y_0= Y}
.
Since F(y_0) < 0
and because y'(t_0) = F(y_0) < 0
, the solution function t \mapsto y(t)
is at the initial value {\color{blue}y_0= Y}
strictly monotonically decreasing. In fact, it is monotonically decreasing as long as F(y) < 0
. Therefore, we must have
\displaystyle \color{teal}\lim_{t \to \infty} y(t) = B
.
Since F(y_0) > 0
and because y'(t_0) = F(y_0) > 0
, the solution function t \mapsto y(t)
is at the initial value {\color{blue}y_0= Y}
strictly monotonically increasing. In fact, it is monotonically increasing as long as F(y) > 0
. Therefore, we must have
\displaystyle \color{teal}\lim_{t \to \infty} y(t) = B
.