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Systems of Differential Equations · Superchallenge problem

How many 2×22\times2 matrices AA with every entry in {−2,−1,0,1,2}\{-2,-1,0,1,2\} have both of these properties: (i) every solution of x′=Ax\mathbf x'=A\mathbf x that starts in the closed first quadrant stays in it for all t≥0t\ge0; (ii) every solution tends to 0\mathbf 0 as t→∞t\to\infty?