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I want to study the dynamics of a 2d linear flow, whose dynamical equation is- $\begin{pmatrix} \dot{x_1}\\ \dot{x_2}\\ \end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1\\ 4 & -2\\ \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} x_1\\ x_2\\ \end{pmatrix}$. Now I have tried to solve and plot y vs. x of this coupled differential equation using RK4 in python for the initial condition $(y_0=2, x_0=-1)$. My code is following, but the graph is not correct [In the graph origin should be a saddle point, $\begin{pmatrix} -0.25\\ 1\\ \end{pmatrix}$ axis should be stable manifold and $\begin{pmatrix} 1\\ 1\\ \end{pmatrix}$ axis should be unstable manifold]-

import numpy as np
from math import sqrt

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt



# Equations:
   
def V(u,t):
    x1, x2, v1, v2 = u
    return np.array([ v1, v2, (x1+x2), -(4*x1-2*x2)])

def rk4(f, u0, t0, tf , n):
    t = np.linspace(t0, tf, n+1)
    u = np.array((n+1)*[u0])
    h = t[1]-t[0]
    for i in range(n):
        k1 = h * f(u[i], t[i])    
        k2 = h * f(u[i] + 0.5 * k1, t[i] + 0.5*h)
        k3 = h * f(u[i] + 0.5 * k2, t[i] + 0.5*h)
        k4 = h * f(u[i] + k3, t[i] + h)
        u[i+1] = u[i] + (k1 + 2*(k2 + k3) + k4) / 6
    return u, t


u, t  = rk4(V, np.array([2.0, 0., -1, 1.]) , 0. , 1. , 1000)
x1, x2, v1, v2 = u.T
plt.plot(x1,x2)
plt.show()

Can anyone helps me to write this code.

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You are implementing the system $$ \pmatrix{\ddot x_1\\\ddot x_2} = \pmatrix{1&1\\-4&2} \pmatrix{x_1\\x_2} $$ in its first-order version with $v_k=\dot x_k$. It is not surprising that this different system results in different solutions.

For your stated system you would have to use

def V(u,t):
    x1, x2 = u
    return np.array([  (x1+x2), (4*x1-2*x2)])

The difference in state space dimension should be readily noticeable.

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