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Nonlinear Systems & Linearization · Superchallenge problem

The Duffing system x′=y,  y′=x−x3x' = y,\; y' = x - x^3 has a homoclinic orbit in the half-plane x>0x > 0: a solution x(t)x(t) with x(t)→0x(t) \to 0 as t→±∞t \to \pm\infty. Compute ∫−∞∞x(t) dt\displaystyle\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} x(t)\,dt along it.