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Nonlinear Systems & Linearization · Superchallenge problem

The origin is a nonlinear center of x′=y,  y′=−x+y2x' = y,\; y' = -x + y^2: the closed orbits around it fill a region bounded by an unbounded trajectory. What is the infimum of xx over all points lying on these closed orbits?