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Nonlinear Systems & Linearization · Easy problem

The pendulum-type system x′=y,  y′=−9sin⁡xx' = y,\; y' = -9\sin x has an equilibrium at (π,0)(\pi, 0) (the pendulum balanced upside down). The Jacobian there has one positive eigenvalue. Find it.