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Is this true?

Linearisation determines stability at every equilibrium

No — it is false.

The counterexample

, ẏ at the origin

The linearisation is a centre (eigenvalues ±i), but gives V̇ : asymptotically stable. Non-hyperbolic equilibria escape Hartman–Grobman.

The kind of mistake this is

Numerical convergence

A scheme assumed to converge, or to converge at its advertised rate.

Drill statements like this

Others that fail the same way

From Ordinary Differential EquationsStability and phase portraits

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