Research Article

Structural Stability of Planar Bimodal Linear Systems

Table 2

Enumeration of the possible cases.

Subsystem 1/Subsystem 2Virtual saddleReal nodeReal spiralReal improper node

Real saddle1 ()2 ()3 ()4 ()
Virtual node5 ()6 ()7 ()8 ()
Virtual spiral9 ()10 ()11 ()12 ()
Virtual improper node13 ()14 ()15 ()16 ()