And welcome to Slady Aida. Hey everybody, and welcome to my desk. It's me, Lady Aida. Here where all the engineering gets done. And I've been working on a lot of hardware this week. A lot of prototypes came in. Some worked. Some didn't quite work. So maybe let's get started. Is there any updates or news? No, lots of big things going on all during the week. So stay tuned to our site, our blog, all the socials and more. And a special thanks to everyone who likes humor. We had a fun April Fool's joke. We did not merge with Ticketmaster. It is not Ticketfruit. We're not using that to sell Raspberry Pis. Lots of subtle humor in there. Thanks to the folks who got it and played along. It's only once a year.  You can check out our website. We did some fun art stuff. Let's kick it off. Let's go to the overhead. And let's... Sorry, I was just focusing the overhead. So the first board that I got in, the prototype that I tested this week, I got in... Hold on, let me just move this forward so I can get to it a little bit easier. Whoa, boards everywhere. So I'm making lots of Pi Cowbells. And those are boards that work with the Raspberry Pi Pico. So it's kind of a narrow thin board compared to the Feather. It's got two 20 pin connectors. So this is the Canbus Cowbell. And it uses the MCP2515 and the TJA1051 as a Can transceiver. And basically over SPI, you can communicate with any Canbus. So I tested this board with our Feather M4 Can. And this was sending messages. And this was receiving... Everything worked really well. A couple of things just, you know, I thought since I had a problem with my other board I talked about some of the things I found and how do I debug stuff. So obviously I do functionality test. I test every function that I want to. I test every pin that is exposed. So for example, there's an interrupt pin on the MCP, the one it receives a message, instead of polling the chip, it'll toggle interrupt pin. That's the example that tested that. I also tested the reset line. And that's when I realized that I had a mistake here. So this gray wire is because this pad should have been shorted to this pin. But in EagleCAD in particular, you know, this pin was labeled reset. And this was labeled bang reset. Like reset with a bar over it. And so they weren't actually connected as a net. So it was a typo mistake.  So I jumpered it. And that kind of error is one where if there's like a missing pin connection and I verify by soldering a wire, you know, I don't usually reorder prototypes. I'm usually like ready to go into production. I tested the STEMI QT port, made sure like, you know, I plugged something into the X squared C, made sure it powered it worked. Test the button. There's a terminator jumper here. You do have to have at least one, ideally two terminators on a CAN bus of 120 ohms each. And I verified that when I cut this trace, this stopped working basically because they without the terminator, the can bus uses, I think either pull ups or pull down resistors. And so there's this, you know, the sawtooth wave instead of a square wave. And so data wasn't passing back and forth very nicely. I shorted the terminator, worked again. You know, verified low is low, high is high, you know, ground is ground. And then everything worked really well. And so like, you know, thankfully once in a while boards work on the first run, which is great. And in this case, that happened. And then I went to test the DVI VAL. So this one, this is, pardon me, I'm getting over cold. This is a lot like our DVI feather where there is a connector that can go to an HDMI display. It's only digital video, it's not audio or ethernet. And this is a mini DVI. And we actually talked about this board and this connector I think three weeks ago on the Great Searching Desk of Ladiator where I sourced this nice mini HDMI connector because a full-sized HDMI wouldn't fit. It's just too wide for the board. But the mini DVI works quite nicely and it's the same connector used on the Pi Zero. So like we already stocked the adapters and the cables and everything. And I put this together and I plugged it into an HDMI monitor and it had this really weird like flickering effect. Like you could see that there was video there but it would like immediately shut down and then try another display. It didn't work. And then I actually tried it with the video capture that we're using like right now on like Desk of Ladiator. I was like, oh, let me just plug it in. And that did work. And so I could see the video and I was like, well, something's working but I wasn't sure what. And I was like, well, is there like, you know, is it that Pico, right? Because the first thing you have to figure out is like, where's the error? I think with hardware it could be so many things, especially when there's an add-on board. So, you know, the first version that I put together had been with stacking headers. And I was like, well maybe the stacking headers are adding too much capacitance or something. So I went with you know, the shorter plug-together headers. And then I was like, well maybe there's other IO pins that are interfering or maybe the pins themselves for some reason don't work with DVI. I didn't actually test that pin collection. So what I did is I wired up a Pico to a DVI breakout and this worked great. So I was like, okay, those pins definitely work like my code is generating the signal on the right pins because it's like the same code. I just wired it the way it is on the schematic and this worked fine. So I knew it wasn't the pins and this has a ton of capacitance. Like this red board is in these wires even though they're fairly short. You know, if this is able to generate signal just fine, this PCB definitely should be. And this thing was weird because it kind of worked and that's actually kind of the toughest. Like when things kind of work it's like there's so many things that could be wrong. And then what else did I try? Well then I tried like, okay what other GPIO could be interfering. So I only soldered in the connectors that the ground and data connectors for the DVI. So like none of these other accessories would be interfering. And that still wasn't working. Although one time I plugged it in to my monitor and it worked okay.  And then you know, the last thing I was like, well, you know, I don't know if it's, you know, going to be very illuminating, but I thought let's probe each trace to make sure that's going from, you know, maybe the connectors loose or maybe this adapter. I tried different HDMI cables. And I probed them and I could tell that the signal was going through and then I plugged in an HDMI cable to the monitor to just make sure like the signal was still going through. Even though it's a very high speed signal, my scope is good enough. It's a one gigahertz scope. So you know, I could see the waveform, although adding the capacitance of the pro probably was kind of, you know, is going to make the signal a little bit more rounded. And I noticed when I plugged it in to the HDMI cable, the signal went short. It shorted down to ground. And I was like, that's really weird. Is the cable bad? I tried different cables. When I plugged in the cable, it was shorted when I disconnected the cable, it worked. And I was like, okay, I kind of checked my pit out. And so you know, I looked at my connectors and I was like, well, these look right.  Oh, sorry, let's go to the computer. I jumped to the yeah. Sorry. I got so excited about the story. So I jumped to my computer and I was like, okay, you know, two positives going to the TX, two positive, the negative. I was like, oh, maybe I swapped the negative with positives. And then I was like, well, let me check the pin out in case like I got the clocks or the data is mixed up and there's like some cross signaling. So I went to the dookie page for the connectors that I purchased and I looked and I realized like, oh, I totally like got this kind of messed up and see if you can spot the error. So here pin one is TX, two positive, but pin one should actually be ground. It should be the shield. These two pins are swapped. So it should be ground, positive, negative, ground, positive, negative. But what I did is positive, ground, negative, positive, ground, negative. So I messed up when I did the pin definition and this happens whenever I use a new connector or a new chip. It's so common. I often make a mistake. I try to check, but it's I'm in a rush. I'm tired. You know, I don't quite read the data sheet, right? So what happened is that the positive and ground were swapped. The negative worked and so it's differential and so like, you know, the video capture card that Phil has is really good quality and it was it's meant to deal with like really terrible signal generators. And so it was like, well, you know, you're missing like your positive differential, but the negative is there and compared to ground like the signals, okay. So it, you know, it was able to extract the HDMI signal from it. But yeah, that's definitely going to cause problems. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to fix the definition. I'm going to do another spin of the board, even though I'm like 99% sure that this was going to solve everything. I'm still going to order only a couple of PCBs and verify. So, you know, I learned stuff and then I thought I would quickly show. So that's my, let me close out the DVI bell. I'm going to revise that and oh yeah, and then this was the I was like trying to compute. Well, I, you know, I compared against this, which interestingly enough, I think, I don't think I messed this up. I think the full size HDMI does have a different pin out and that's why I was confused. Although I pulled this up to make a note of myself to verify that it is in this case, it is positive ground negative positive ground negative. But, you know, now that I'm looking, I should actually verify that that's also the correct pin out. But the DVI feather works great, so I don't know, maybe I'll do that in my own time. Okay, how much let's see, how are you doing on time, Mr. Lady Ada? Okay, I thought I'd share some quick some quick prototypes. Hold on, let me put away my DVI stuff. Let's go back to the overhead. All right, so DVI feather got to redesign it. So I got some cool prototypes that I haven't even like plugged in. Who knows if they work. So these are DWM 100, sorry, DW1000 feather wing and feather. So this is the RP 2040 with the DWM module. And these are ultra wideband modules. I've never used them before, but they're kind of the only thing that does what they do, which is indoor locationing. So from what I can tell if you have three or four of these in a room and you put them like in the corners, like like kitty corners of the room, then you can have a node that's floating around in the room and it can like do really good like within a couple centimeters location indoors, which is a common thing that people want to do, especially for art projects or like like scientific projects, they want to track something within a large container or room building but you can't get GPS indoors and Bluetooth isn't really designed for that. Like you can do rough like are you kind of in the approximate area, but Bluetooth isn't really good for that. So ultra wideband apparently this does the job. These modules are not cheap. They're I think like 15 bucks a piece, but again, they're kind of the only thing that does the job. So the DWM 1000, I think there's a new version of 3000, but I'm going to start with the 1000 because it's like I can get these modules and they're the other available and like the 3000 are pin compatible so we can always update from there. Okay, so I think that's oh and then I got one more prototype. This is the feather can. So this is the RP2040 with canvas built in I couldn't get this working. So I gotta figure what did I get wrong? Maybe I swapped some pins around again. We'll find out. Okay, so with that, I think we're ready to go on to the great search. The Great Search brought to you by Digikey and Adafruit every single week. Lady user powers of engineering WSU find things on digikey.com Lady, what are you looking for this week? Okay, so this week I'm we've already done various great searches on FPC connectors and cables but I need a specialty one this week. So let's go to the overhead and I'll show what I'm looking for and why. Okay, so we've got these boards called QT Pies and these are adorable little mic controller boards and we've had like a wide variety of add-ons that we do so hold on one second.  We've got a little add-on that adds like a button in a neopixel or an LED grid. Okay, so what I wanted to do is create an add-on that would let people connect the QT Pie to our TFT displays. So almost all our TFT displays now come with an iSpy connector which is a cute logo that Mr. Lady had come up with and this is a flip top 18 pin 0.5 millimeter pitch FPC cable looks like this, right? And then when you plug it into here, it brings all the IO connections for the TFT like all of these pins down here the SPI, the backlight SD card, whatever all come out this cable and so you don't have to do like this gross wiring where you solder to all these pads. You just have this like slim, cute cable and it goes to whatever your peripheral is and we've got a breakout that you can connect it to so you can have a cable a couple centimeters long this is elsewhere, this is now easier to mount because you don't have all the wires. So I thought it would be cool if there was like something where like, oh, this cable is kind of the same width as the QT Pie, like maybe you could plug in and then like so and then you would have like ESP32 or SAMD21 or RP2040 just driving your little display. You can make great little display projects. Very common. A lot of people like to use these TFT displays. So I did design a board and I used the same connector here. So this connector, again, 18 pin 0.5 millimeter pitch. So I made like a breakout and I was like, well, maybe I'll have it like come out the middle because the issue I had is we could see that connector is like super, super tight fit. Like if you measure this connector, hold on, if I measure this connector sorry, if I measure between these two contacts, it's like 13.2 millimeters which is just like, you know, a hair on it's basically 0.5 inches, right? It should be 0.5 inches. What happened is that this connector is 0.52 or 0.53 and so the connectors are actually bowed out a little bit and then I just bent the pins back in but really this connector should be narrower than 1.5 inch because this you know, this whole thing is 0.7 you know, the hair over 0.7 and then each one of these is exactly 0.1 inch so it needs to be 0.5 inch or less but the connector we've got right now isn't 0.5 inch or less and I actually realized it's there's a lot of connectors are fairly wide but we want to find one that is bottom contact, I do like the flip top because I feel like it makes it really easy for people, like anything with especially if I do something with this style flip top you actually have a shot of opening and closing if it's a pull out, you know, usually the little ears are much wider and they're going to be hard to get in so I want it flip top, bottom contact 18 pin 0.5 millimeter pitch so let's go to the computer and I will take a look, so we were looking at this HDMI connector which we're done with so let's go back to Digikey and I'm going to look for FPC connector, start with that and I want a connector assembly there's like 18,000 so it's a good shot that I have something here, okay a lot of this might be something, you know, just looking at the photos again I like to look at the photos just to be like am I on the right path this one you can see the width, you know, I can't mouse over, but you can see how the contacts are in the center and then there's just a lot of space on the sides for mechanical strength, this one too like you can see the pins, the connector is significantly wider than the pins I want something more like this not like this let me see, I also like that like this one, you see it's not too much wider so let's get the specifications we need out of the way so number one, I want to be an active product in stock I want it to be 18 contacts and the pitch is 0.5 millimeter so that should really pare down a lot of things, yeah we're down to like 100 out of 18,000 I also want it to be in stock right now okay so about 50 out of all of those the FBC thickness I don't really, you know I find that it doesn't really matter, oh I do need to have it be bottom contact, right I want that and then I think I want flip lock but I'll look at the slide locks in case there's something interesting there, materials I do not care too much about so it's about half of them are bottom contact okay so then, you know, looking again this one significantly wider and I'll show you how to read the data sheets, oh this one, sorry this one is not the useful data sheet but like this one, okay so see how there's the pins and then the body is wider but how wide is that body let's find out you go to the data sheet and hopefully this one will be useful it'll have the yeah so what happens is that for FBC connectors you're not going to get all of the measurements in the diagram, instead what you have to do is you look for like these letters, so in this case I want to know the A width, right so this width here A is the total width B is the width between the two pins and then there's like C which is like the, you know, connector width I want A and it's not always the same letter by the way and then you go down here and then you look up how many positions you have and in this case it's 18 and then they say A is 13.3 and I need hold on I want something that's 0.5 inches which is 12.7 so I want like maybe 13 but really less than 12.7 millimeters this is too wide too wide, this also some of them are like okay this also looks too wide this looks too wide maybe maybe you know and so I started kind of looking through these and I was like a lot of these are really wide and then I was like you know first off let me you can't search my width by the way I was like thinking like ooh is there a size now so I thought like well let's do it by price and I can start with pricing because I do want to have an inexpensive connector and some of these were fairly promising some of them didn't have images this is actually a vertical style this is pointing up which I don't want also fairly wide fairly wide kind of wide and then I came down to this Amphenol one is like super wide also wide, wide wide and then I came to this one and I was like ooh that looks nice because you see how there's the contacts and then the mounting tabs slim looking connector so let's take a look so again what I want to look for is the A width because this is the generic you know this is just like N pins so I want A so let's look down at A so I have dimension A and this is like weird because the contact quantities over here contact quantity 18 with 11.5 which is well less than 12.7 so this is my winner and it's Amphenol so they're like you know known to be good and there's actually quite a few others but the pricing is very good you know it's about 40 cents in quantity and you know it's a nice I like that gold plate over here I like that it's flip lock and Amphenol connectors are like pretty good quality connectors I've never had any issues with them so I'm not going to worry about like the little tab breaking off so this is my great search find that's a great search we're going to bounce this week because we got a bunch of stuff to do get set up for the weekend stay hydrated everybody we're hanging out with this tonight some of the shows during the week alright thanks everybody bye everybody


After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4th of 1957, reactions among Americans were diverse. A lot of people were scared, wondering if this thing orbiting overhead was suddenly going to be able to drop bombs on them. Other people were less scared, understanding that you can't actually drop bombs from orbit, and they knew that Sputnik was a pretty innocuous satellite. Some people were really excited because it was opening the new frontier of space. But one guy with the U.S. Air Force had a pretty unique reaction. He decided that the only recourse was to nuke the moon. This idea came from U.S. Air Force physicist Leonard Rifle in the innocuously titled report A Study of Lunar Research Flights. It was published in 1958, and one of the ideas he laid out in this report was the idea of nuking the moon. Now it wasn't just for funsies, there was a real scientific and political motivation, he wrote, for detonating a nuclear device on the moon. On the straight up scientific side, Rifle proposed nuking the moon as a way to study the environment, learn about the moon, and ultimately learn more about the Earth. He proposed soft landing three identical scientific instrument packages, carrying seismometers and radiation detectors on random spots on the visible face of the moon. Complimenting these in-situ stations would be optical and spectroscopic observations done from ground-based observatories as well as high altitude telescopes hoisted into the upper atmosphere by balloons. Detonating the nukes would give scientists a lot of information about the moon's composition gathered by the seismometers. Measuring the blast from ground-based and upper-atmospheric telescopes would tell scientists about the environment of the moon, and potentially, filtering through the Earth's atmosphere, could tell us a little bit more about the Earth's composition as well. On the military side of things, Rifle said that detonating a nuke on the moon would give American scientists and American military leaders more specifically a very good, advanced knowledge of what war might look like in space. Scientists would learn how to detect nuclear material in space, giving them the upper hand to know whether the Soviet Union had actually detonated a bomb to start a war. But maybe detonating a nuke on the moon wouldn't even work because there is no appreciable atmosphere. Well, the only way to figure out whether or not it would work would be to try detonating a nuke on the moon. But more than anything, Rifle understood the political gain that would come from nuking the moon. This would be a way for America to show its dominance over the Soviet Union. Yes, the Soviets had launched two satellites into Earth orbit, the second, Sputnik II, having some biological capabilities. Nuking the moon would show that America not only had more advanced weapons, it had bigger rockets. The R7 that launched the Sputniks into orbit could never take something as heavy as a warhead all the way to the moon. If America did it first, it would show American technology was stronger and more powerful and that America was the dominant nation. Rifle also understood that there were some negative elements to nuking the moon. If something went wrong, especially if the rocket exploded during launch and the nuke detonated in Earth orbit or even in the upper atmosphere, it could not only kill a lot of people, but damage America's standing on a global front. As we know, luckily the U.S. Air Force did not nuke the moon. And instead, we explored the moon and the space around our own planet with peaceful missions done to further mankind's understanding of space. The idea of nuking the moon stayed in this one proposal that Rifle published in 1958. If you'd like to know a little bit more about this sort of completely bonkers idea, I do have a bit more information on my companion blog post over on Discover, so definitely check that out if you still have questions. So speaking of questions, what other absolutely bonkers reactions to Sputnik or the early space age have you guys heard about? Leave me anything you'd like to explore more or just share in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this video, guys, give it a like and be sure to subscribe so you never miss one of my episodes. And of course, be sure to follow me all across social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for daily vintage space content. Thanks so much for watching, guys, and I'll see you next time.


Good morning. In the previous lecture, we studied solution of systems of ordinary differential equations. Today, we will apply that knowledge, apply those methods to the problem of stability analysis of dynamic systems. At length, we will discuss the special case of second order linear systems, because of two reasons, one reason for why second order and the second reason for why linear. As I outlined in the last lecture, a predominant number of dynamic systems appearing in nature follow a second order dynamics. And therefore, the analysis of second order dynamic systems becomes very important. And apart from that up to second order analysis is to a good extent possible. And a lot of analysis is possible because you can show that analysis on a piece of paper. Any plot that you make on a piece of paper or the one that we will make on the blackboard once in a while, all of that is actually two dimensional. So, if we have two state variables, then we can represent the behavior of the dynamic systems in a two dimensional plot. Now, why linear, because it is first of all easy to analyze linear systems to a great extent. For non-linear systems, the analytical procedures get blocked after a point. So, for linear systems we can analyze to a great extent. And theoretical predictions or theoretical study which have far reaching consequences, we can draw in a major way in case of linear systems. And many actual systems are either linear or to a good extent they can be approximated by linear approximation. Therefore, the second order linear systems have got enormous amount of research focus for quite a few centuries. And the basic facts, basic analysis regarding the stability of second order linear dynamic systems is what we will consider for the major part of this lecture. And after that we will consider a few issues regarding higher dimensional or higher order systems and non-linear systems. How we go about stability analysis of those systems beyond second order and beyond linear. So, first we go to second order linear systems. And among them particularly we will consider the autonomous systems. Second order autonomous linear systems. Now, the point is that why we are considering autonomous because stability analysis will make particular sense in the case of autonomous systems where there will be certain equilibrium points around which we will discuss the issue of stability. So, suppose we take a system of two first order linear differential equations like this. Now note that we are talking about second order, but we are actually considering two first order differential equations. Now, there is no discrepancy here. There is no mismatch in the two issues because a single second order differential equation can be always broken down into two first order differential equations as we do in state phase. So, in state phase a single second order differential equation will also be broken down in this manner in which there will be two state variables. So, whether the system originally consists of two first order differential equations or one second order differential equations broken down into two first order differential equations for our purposes there will be no difference between the two. Now, in this case we have this vector equation with in which this entire thing has been written together. And here the matrix A is 2 by 2 and we have got a system of two first order linear homogeneous differential equations which are with constant coefficients. So, a 1 1 a 1 2 a 2 1 a 2 2 these are constant. Now, and it is autonomous also. So, anyway these things had to be constant. In the case of second order systems a lot of terminology got developed when this entire study was in the hands of people who were primarily physicists. And quite a few words related to phase have entered into the jargon. So, in this kind of a situation phase means a pair of values of y 1 and y 2. That is the actually the state what we otherwise call state in this discussion quite often we will be calling it as phase. So, one value of y 1 and one value of y 2 consists of one state of the system. And in this discussion quite often it is also referred to as phase. Now, if we plot y 1 in one of the axis in our graph paper and y 2 along the other axis. Then the plane in which we will be making the plot that plane is called the phase plane the plane of y 1 and y 2. Now, in the phase plane in the plane of y 1 and y 2 from one point if we start. And then that can be considered as the initial condition for the system of differential equations. And then from there if we draw curve draw a curve which obeys this differential equations. Then that curve is called a trajectory that is as we consider the independent variable as time. Then this curve this so called trajectory will show along which path in the phase plane the system will evolve. So, this trajectory is a curve showing the evolution of the system for a particular initial value problem that initial value is demarcated by the initial point with coordinates y 1 and y 2 which we can put at a point. Now, in the phase plane then if we start from say this point then the curve can go in some way. So, this will be a trajectory. Now, if there is another point from where we start we will get some other trajectory if we start from another point we may get some other trajectory. Now, these trajectories when we put all trajectories that is a number of trajectories which will represent all trajectories in the sense that how much is the density of trajectories you plot that is up to you. But if you go on plotting dense enough set of such trajectories then together they will show the dynamic behavior of the system starting from all possible initial conditions. So, that picture is called the phase portrait all trajectories together showing the complete picture of the behavior of the dynamic system that is called the phase portrait. Now, in this analysis we will be considering the case of non singular a that means no degeneracy only the non degenerate case as we did last time in the previous lecture. Similarly, here also we will consider non singular coefficient matrices in this place a. So, that will mean that the equilibrium point will be only isolated equilibrium point and in this particular case where it is linear homogeneous then the only equilibrium point possible will be the origin because with non singular a a y will be 0 only at y equal to 0 that is y 1 equal to 0 y 2 equal to 0 this will be the only equilibrium point. And around that if we can complete the analysis then in a way we would have finished the analysis for this particular system. So, we will be allowing isolated equilibrium points and matrix a is the non singular origin is the only equilibrium point. And then how is the behavior of the dynamic system around this equilibrium point will be governed by the Eigen values of this because that two Eigen values will show will give us two components of the solution both exponential in general and then the combination of that the linear combination of that will show the complete behavior. So, if we try to find out the Eigen values of this matrix coefficient matrix then as you know we will be first trying to solve this. And from there we will get a quadratic equation in lambda. So, that quadratic equation will be this this minus this this. So, lambda square minus the sum of these two lambda plus this product minus this product equal to 0. So, this will give us the characteristic equation and that is what we have got here right. Now, we will represent for the particular reason this sum as p and this quantity this value as q that means this is the trace and this is the determinant of the coefficient matrix. So, trace of the negative of the trace negative of the trace of the coefficient matrix is this that will be representing as p and this determinant will be representing as q as we do that we get this as the characteristic equation right with p as a 1 1 plus a 2 2 which is the sum of the Eigen values and q which is the determinant which is the product of the Eigen values. Now, we will consider different cases that may arise. We know that discriminant of this quadratic equation is p square minus 4 q and depending upon whether this is positive or negative we have different cases of the way we will get the two Eigen values. Now, first consider this issue that is of course, the two lambdas will be given by this standard formula for the quadratic equation solution. Now, a particular case where q is negative that is the two Eigen values product the product of the two Eigen values is negative that is a situation where this discriminant is always positive because this is p square now if q is negative that means this whole thing is certainly positive not only that it is positive and it is larger than p square. Why is that important because in that case this d will be positive and its square root will be larger than the magnitude of p and that will mean that this term which will be root d by 2 will be larger in magnitude than p by 2. Now, this term in the two Eigen values will appear with opposite sign plus and minus. Now, if this term has larger magnitude than this then that will mean that when we take the plus sign this entire value will turn out to be positive this fellow p by 2 of whatever sign cannot rule cannot dominate this. So, the sign of the lambda sign of the Eigen value will be dominated by this term because root over d is larger in magnitude compared to p. So, when we take the positive sign we get the positive root and when we get the negative sign here we get the negative root because this fellow this term will not be able to dominate over that. So, in the case of negative q two things will happen one that this will be positive and therefore the roots will be real and this will dominate over this term and therefore two roots will be of opposite signs. So, when we have that two roots will be of opposite signs. So, now in that case we have got this now there are two different roots distinct roots. So, obviously it is diagonalizable matrix. So, in that case we get the two solutions like this now note that one of them is positive the other is negative. Now, the two corresponding Eigen values Eigen vectors one is x 1 the other is x 2 now if lambda 1 is larger that will mean that and that is say now one will be positive the other will be negative. Now, if one is positive and the other is negative that means with time the positive one will grow that means its magnitude e to the power lambda 1 t will go on increasing exponentially and in that case this one will grow on decreasing exponentially. That will mean that around origin note that we are discussing the behavior around origin because if the initial conditions are given at origin then it will the system will remain there that is the characteristic of equilibrium point anyway. Now, around origin whatever point we take and we put that point in this plane around origin near origin somewhere here and in that case if the two Eigen vectors x 1 and x 2 from here are have two directions now one Eigen value is positive. So, around that direction whatever little solution whatever value is there whatever initial condition is there that will keep on growing. So, along that direction the motion with time will go on increasing. So, whatever is the initial position as we decompose that along the two Eigen vectors the component along the Eigen vector with positive Eigen value will go on increasing with time and the component along the Eigen vector corresponding to the negative Eigen value will go on decreasing with time and that means that over time the trajectory will get aligned with the larger the positive Eigen value. So, see here this will be the case now if these are the two Eigen vectors then if we start from here then with prelogon law we can decompose the position vector of this point into two components one will be along this direction along which the Eigen value is negative that means trajectory is come in and the other component will be this one this much and that is corresponding to positive Eigen value along which the trajectory go out. So, that means this component will decay and this component will grow and that is why wherever we start if we start here then the component along this will decay. So, it is coming like this and the component along this will grow. So, it is going like this. So, all trajectories will move away and finally along this direction and it will get as it goes far away the trajectories will get all bunch together with this. So, the further away they are that much will be the difference the two trajectories will not cross, but all of them will get bunched along this and if the starting point is below this line then they will get bunched along this either forward or backward. So, all trajectories eventually will grow in this direction and go away from the origin that means that this is a this is an unstable equilibrium point. So, this particular equilibrium point in that kind of a situation is unstable because if we start a little away from the equilibrium point a little away from the origin then the trajectory diverges further and further away from the equilibrium point. So, that is the hallmark of a of an unstable equilibrium point. So, if q is negative and in that case we get two real eigenvalues of opposite sign and in that case certainly the equilibrium point is unstable and such a such an equilibrium point is called a stable point. So, one eigenvalue positive the other eigenvalue negative now other than that if q is positive then what will be the situation note that q equal to 0 case is not under discussion because q equal to 0 would mean that lambda equal to 0 is one solution which is the case when a is singular and that will mean that one complete subspace will be equilibrium point and that case we have omitted. So, q equal to 0 case is not in our discussion at all. So, in the case of q negative we will get settle point which will be always unstable. Now, if q is positive now one point is easy to note that the nature of the equilibrium point will be the same irrespective of the sign of p because p is appearing here as p square. So, it will be symmetric with respect to the sign of p. So, let us consider p square equal to 0 larger larger larger and so on. So, with q positive if p square is 0 that is p is 0 if p is 0 then what we are getting we are getting d as minus 4 q and p is 0. So, if p is 0 then this goes off and here we have got a negative discriminant that means the eigenvalues will be pure imaginary. So, if eigenvalues are pure imaginary that is plus minus omega i kind of eigenvalues that will mean that when you decompose that exponential e to the power i omega t plus i omega t minus i omega t. So, you will get basically cosines and sines. So, you will get sinusoidal output and in that case you will get this kind of behavior. So, around that equilibrium point the trajectories will make a closed curve and such an equilibrium point is called a center. So, this is stable because started close to the equilibrium point the trajectory will remain close to the equilibrium point it will never go too far. Now, where you start at that point whatever is the distance compared to that the distance might increase, but it will again decrease because it is a closed curve. So, this is one particular case that is if p is 0. Now, if p is greater than 0 that is if p is positive or negative say p square is positive. Now, when p square is positive then whether p square is less than 4 q or greater than 4 q these two situations will give rise to two different kinds of equilibrium points. If p square is positive and less than 4 q then this discriminant is never the less negative. So, this is negative. So, in that case you will, but then this is not 0 this is not 0. So, there is a non-zero part here and this is negative. So, it will be a full budget complex number with non-zero real and non-zero imaginary part and in that case you will get Eigen values which will be like lambda equal to mu plus i omega t, mu plus minus i omega. So, in that case the solution this solution these two solutions. So, what you do in that type of situation you reorganize the coefficients and say the solutions will be one solution will turn out to be like e to the power mu t cos omega t and the other will be e to the power mu t sin omega t. Now, this cos omega t sin omega t term will try to give an oscillatory feature. However, this e to the power mu t part will give the amplitude as variable the amplitude will be exponential. So, in this kind of a situation what you will have is that whether this mu is positive or negative according to that that this solution both of them together will grow or decay. So, that sign will be determined from here because in this case this is the only exponential part this part will give you this sinusoid. So, the exponential part will grow or decay depending upon whether p is positive or negative in any case it will be if it is if it grows then and this part will provide an oscillatory component. So, you will have either this going inward amplitude decreasing if mu is negative and if mu is positive then along a similar curve the spiral will go out and because of obvious reasons this kind of an equilibrium point or critical point is called a spiral. Now, we come to another situation that is if p square is greater than 4 q if p square is greater than 4 q then this d is positive. However, with positive q its value its absolute value will be less than this part because q is positive. So, p square minus 4 q is certainly less than p square. So, therefore, its square root even if positive will be certainly less than p in magnitude. So, that will mean that this plus minus sign will not play a role in the final sign of lambda. So, final sign of lambda 1 and lambda 2 will be decided by the sign of p. So, if p is positive then whatever large is this it will be certainly less than this term. So, then the total will be positive anyway. Similarly, if p is negative then even the positive sign taken here will not be able to make the sum as positive. So, the sign of this entire lambda will be determined by this and not by the plus minus term and therefore, both of them both of the Eigen values will be of the same sign either both positive if p is positive or both negative if p is negative. And that will save the solution from this kind of a situation where one grows and the other decays. In this case if p is positive then both will grow and if p is negative then both will decay. So, that kind of a situation with the two Eigen values having different magnitude will give rise to this give rise to this situation. You see here there are two Eigen values correspondingly there are two Eigen vectors this is one and this is another. In this case the sign of p has been taken as negative for this particular plot in this plot in all cases wherever it is possible to have a stable situation we have drawn the stable case in all these cases. So, here both the Eigen values have negative real parts. So, this Eigen vector also comes in word this Eigen vector also comes in word, but then if one of the Eigen values is large that means that the rate of approach for that particular Eigen vector say e to the power 70 and e to the power 2 t. So, this one is large this one is small. So, as t grows of course, you have negative if you follow this particular kind of plot in which the arrows are in word. So, this is e to the power minus 70 this is e to the power minus 2 t. Now, this one will decay much faster than this and therefore, you see that the component along this one will decay much faster. So, from here the component is this big, but this is decaying much faster compared to this component. So, the component along the larger magnitude Eigen value will decay extremely fast compared to the other one and therefore, finally all the trajectories will become tangential to this line and this is called an improper node. There are various other cases of nodes. Now, this is the situation where the two Eigen values have different magnitudes. Now, with the same sign if the sign is positive then along the similar trajectories the system will evolve outward and in that case it will be unstable. In the case which you see here it is stable just like spiral it could be outward rather than inward similarly here also. Now, this is called an improper node if p square is exactly equal to 4 q then what happens then d is 0 and then you have got both Eigen values same p by 2. Now, depending upon whether p is positive or negative you will have the Eigen values positive or negative, but both of equal magnitude as well as sign. So, two equal Eigen values now when the two Eigen values of the matrix are equal then you ask whether the Eigen vectors are equal or full set of two Eigen vectors or only one Eigen vector is there because with repeated Eigen values the canonical form could be this or the canonical form could be this. In this case there will be two Eigen vectors linearly independent which will mean that the entire plane is composed of Eigen vectors all vectors along the plane on the plane are Eigen vectors in this case. However, in this case there will be a single Eigen vectors now if you have got both Eigen vectors that is if the matrix is diagonalizable then all directions are Eigen vectors and along all directions the behavior will be same and in that case you have got this situation and this is called a proper node. So, wherever you start the system whatever initial condition you give the system will evolve directly towards the origin in the case where this lambda is positive sorry negative. On the other hand if this lambda is positive then from wherever you start that is an Eigen vector. So, the initial state vector is an Eigen vector along that with positive lambda it will straight go out with negative lambda it will straight go in. So, this is called a proper node the last case where you have got p square equal to 4 q that means d equal to 0 that means lambda both lambda are same repeated Eigen values and the matrix is not diagonalizable. In that case as we have found that in the case of non diagonalizable coefficient matrix you get this solution y from which you can determine y prime and you get situation like this. And here you see there is a time element coming here in the coefficient here. So, from that if you analyze then you will find a very peculiar situation of the phase space. If this is the single Eigen vector then all the solutions will approach along this Eigen vector only this is only one Eigen vector. So, all of them come like this in the case of negative Eigen value it will come like this inward in the case of positive Eigen value they will go outward with the arrows reversed. So, this is called a degenerate node. So, what are the types of critical points or equilibrium points we found with real and real Eigen values with opposite signs we have got on saddle point which is always unstable. And with pure imaginary Eigen values we have got center which is always stable, but this is a borderline case because any modeling error and it might fall in the case of spiral that is any modeling error and p turns out to be actually a little positive or negative that will mean there will be an outward unstable or inward stable spiral. Now, this is the case from p square equal to 0 to 4 q greater than 0 and less than 4 q p square equal to 4 q will give these two cases both Eigen values same and Eigen vectors both Eigen vectors existing only one Eigen vector proper node degenerate node. And in the case of p square not equal to 4 q that is p square larger you have got two Eigen vectors two unequal Eigen values of the same sign and in that case you have got improper node like this. A summary of all these cases you can see here in the table and also in this plot in the plot of p q. So, you see with q negative this entire part gives you saddle point which is unstable q equal to 0 case we have discarded because that is singular coefficient matrix with q positive that is upper half of this p q plane you have got this is saddle point is real opposite sign Eigen values q negative that is always unstable. Above the p axis with p equal to 0 you have got this line along which you will get center and Eigen values are pure imaginary this is the case which is stable. In the case of the p q point lying above this parabola above this parabola p square equal to 4 q you have got spirals. So, Eigen values are complex and both real and imaginary parts have non-zero components. So, you get here negative p stable spirals and positive p unstable spirals. So, with p equal to negative you get unstable stable points here and with p equal to p positive you get unstable whether it is spiral or node. So, in the case of nodes you have got several cases all with real same sign. So, they are stable if p is negative unstable if p is positive just like spirals and here if the Eigen values are unequal in magnitude that will mean d is positive that means you are here and if you have got you are on the boundary that is p it is on the p q point is on this parabola then that will mean one of the these two cases. In the diagonalizable case you have got a proper node in the deficient case you have got degenerate node. So, this is the complete breakdown of all the types of equilibrium points that you can have in a second order linear system. Now, when you get a non-linear system say then what you can do is that around that around every critical point that you get you can conduct analysis of this kind and find out how the trajectory is around that point will behave. And then you can compose the situations around all the critical points together to complete the phase port rate. So, for a non-linear system where you will have the differential equations of an autonomous system in this manner then first you will try to find out critical points or equilibrium points. And for a non-linear system origin may not be a critical point and apart from that you will typically expect more than one critical point origin may be a critical point among them, but there will be expected other critical points as well. So, what you will do you will first solve f y equal to 0 and collect all the solutions of it for each solution of it say call it y 0 then around y 0 you will conduct a linearization and you will capture the first order behavior of the system around every critical point with this kind of a differential equation which is linear. Now, as you put y minus y 0 as z then you will have z prime is equal to this Jacobian j into z and then this will be a kind of a system which we just analyze. So, you can make the phase portrait of this system and take that portrait a small part of it a small part because this is first order analysis and will be valid only in the neighborhood and that you can plug in at y 0 in the y plane. And similarly at every y 0 you plug in a small phase portrait which you get through the analysis of this kind of a system and then you can try to assemble the entire phase portrait of the original system. So, through the assembly you will find that you are able to picture the entire phase portrait even for the non-linear system. So, that shows that features of a dynamic system are typically captured by its critical points and their neighborhoods. Let us take a small example say we consider this population model of a pair of competing species who depend on similar resources. So, suppose x and y are the populations of the two species as functions of time and the dynamic system is given like this. Each term here with its coefficient has a meaning this coefficient a represents the rate of reproduction and growth of species x that is its inherent rate of growth positive. Now, this b represents the result of intraspaces rivalry between members of this same species x. So, that is why it is the intraspaces rivalry, rivalry basically depends on two individuals and the more number of individuals that are available as the first party of the rivalry will make the rivalry sharper. Similarly, more number of individuals available to form the second party in the rivalry that will also make the rivalry even sharper. Therefore, it depends upon x square is proportional to x square and this term comes out with negative sign because of the intraspaces rivalry where both individuals from the species will try to corner the same resource. So, that will in some way lead to decay of the species because they are fighting within themselves to corner the same resource to grow. Similarly, this term shows the effect of inter species rivalry with the other species trying to corner the same resources. So, this capital C represents the effect of inter species rivalry, rivalry with the other species its effect on the first species. Similar coefficients a, b and c, small a, b and c will represent the similar actions for the second species, this is small c. Now, with this you can see that this is a non-linear system. Now, if you denote r as the vector x, y then this f of r will have two components this and this. So, r prime will be f of r which will have these two components. Now, what will be the Jacobian of this? Jacobian of this you can find out and before that you can try to find out what are the equilibrium points which are those points where if the population is from the beginning at a particular time t equal to 0 then the population will be constant will never change what are those equilibrium points. So, for that you can solve these two equations and find out those equilibrium points. So, if you solve these two equations for x and y you will get the solutions as one is one solution is origin obviously. So, you will find the solutions are origin a by b 0, 0 small a by small b and the fourth one is complicated a b minus p a divided by b b minus p c, b a minus a c divided by b b minus c c. So, these are the four equilibrium points you can verify very easily 0, 0 will and these are two quadratic equations. So, in total they will have four solutions. So, origin is obviously a solution now if you take y equal to 0 then this term goes off this term goes off and then from here you will get x as capital a by capital b and y is 0 of course. So, that is this on the other hand if x is 0 then this is 0 this is satisfied and sorry these are y. So, if y is 0 then this is satisfied and this is 0. So, x is a by b and if x is 0 then this is satisfied anyway and this is 0. So, y will become small a by b that gives you this if neither x nor y is 0 then the solution is a little complicated, but you can see that substituting this you will find that these two equations are satisfied. So, these four points will fall here origin capital b by capital a 0 small a by small b and the fourth one will be somewhere here. Now, around origin if you now if you can find out the Jacobian matrix. So, you will basically differentiate this with respect to x and get a minus 2 b x minus c y this is x derivative. Now, the y derivative of this will be minus c x then x derivative of this will be small minus small c y and y derivative of this will give you. Now, you see at each of these four equilibrium points you can find out the value of the Jacobian and then for every such point you will get the differential equation system up to first order as y minus that equilibrium point any of the four you can put there this multiplied with the j at that point this will be z prime that is y prime minus 0 that is y prime itself. So, y prime and z prime will be same. So, you can put it like this. So, around each of the equilibrium points you can find out the value of the Jacobian by putting the x y coordinates of that equilibrium point and frame a linear system and analyze. You will be able to see very easily that this point is a node is an unstable node and because as x and y you put as 0 0 then this matrix will be a 0 0 small a. So, this will be a node both Eigen values will be positive. So, it is an unstable node why the logically you find that if the initial populations of both of them are not 0 then that is if any one of them are both have any non-zero small non-zero population that is mean that at that time the resources are a plenty because the members in the two spaces are very small. So, lots of natural resources around. So, they will go on consuming those resources and grow and at that time with small x small y values these terms anyway will not play a major role these will be dominant. So, growth of both will be supported of course the one which is of larger growth rate depending upon whether capital A is large or small a is large that will grow faster. In any case both of them will grow. So, you see that suppose capital A is large that means around for this the growth will be faster. So, that means that all trajectories will start moving like this like this improper node. Now, at this point what is happening at this point at this point you will find let us mention the Jacobian here I will give you the Jacobian at this point the Jacobian at this point at this point we had simply. At this point the Jacobian turns out to be minus A minus C A by B 0 and A minus C A by B. Now, for this Jacobian you can see very easily that 1 0 is certainly an Eigen vector of this matrix try to multiply this matrix with vector 1 0 you will get minus A plus 0 and in the lower one you will get 0 minus C A by B 0 plus 0. That means if you multiply this with 1 0 you will get minus A 0 1 0 that means 1 into this plus 0 into this. So, you will get minus A 0. So, that means minus A is the Eigen value and 1 0 is the Eigen vector. So, at this point this is 1 of the Eigen vectors and along that the Eigen value is minus A and that shows that this point along this direction at least is stable. Now, what is the situation along the other direction along the other Eigen vector and that could be positive as well as negative depending upon what is the other what are the values of these coefficients. So, one possibility is that this is other Eigen vector and that means that if all if along this it goes in then along this it goes out like this. Similar could be the situation here this will be one Eigen vector and this could be the other Eigen vector. So, along this it will go in along this it will come out along this it will go in along this it will come out. So, you see that these directions these type trees might meet here because at this point as you come it could be an inward node that is stable node. So, try to analyze this particular case the analysis is there in the book try to in the textbook that we are discussing we are considering. So, the entire analysis is there in the book. So, as you consider different cases you will find that if you draw the phase portraits around these four equilibrium points and try to assemble together you will find that you get the complete picture of the phase portrait of the system. Now, here we will raise another question other than the nonlinearity one question within nonlinearity and the another question apart from nonlinearity regarding dimensions there is one particular feature which is not covered in the analysis here. Here we found saddle points center spiral node these kinds of equilibrium points. Now, linear systems can have only this much only this many features such points they can have there is something else which is possible in nonlinear systems. Nonlinear systems also will have in certain points equilibrium points which are nodes saddle points spirals and center points, but apart from that in the case of nonlinear systems there is another feature which is possible that is called limit cycle. And in that case you have isolated closed trajectory this is not like center point around center point center point is one equilibrium point around which there are trajectories which happen to be closed. Now, limit cycles are completely different the entire closed trajectory is such that the entire trajectory behaves like a equilibrium point kind of thing. So, this kind of a feature this kind of a situation can arise only in nonlinear systems. In chapter 29 in one of the exercise problems this example exercise 29 2 the exercise simply is an exercise on numerical solution of one second order differential equation, but then if you analyze it for enough time or if you study the solution of that particular exercise given in the appendix of the textbook you will find that this case gives you a limit cycle. And that shows that if you start from outside the limit cycle says the limit cycle is a closed trajectory like this. And if you start outside then this is the trajectory and finally the trajectory merges on the limit cycle does not go in. On the other hand if you start from inside say from here then you go outside and then you merge with the limit cycle and do not go out. So, this closed trajectory is called a limit cycle that kind of a thing is possible only in the case of a nonlinear system. This particular example of exercise 29 2 is this nonlinear differential equation this is the nonlinearity here. So, this nonlinear equation will give you a limit cycle of this kind. So, limit cycle is one feature of nonlinear dynamic systems with the linear analysis linearized analysis will not be able to capture. Now, one more issue what do you do in systems in the case of systems with higher dimension of state space there is straight forward phase plane analysis you cannot conduct. However, you can always try to linearize the system of equations around every equilibrium point like this and then conduct linearized analysis and then try to work out the features. Now, in the case of nonlinear systems quite often you might find that in one sub space of the state space you get a spiral like feature while the other sub space shows a node like feature. So, that kind of a situation is possible. So, such things might happen in the case of higher dimensional state space. There is another technique of analysis of stability for nonlinear dynamic systems and that is the famous Lyapunov stability analysis. There are quite a few important terms associated with Lyapunov method. The precise definition of stability here is this if y 0 is a critical point of the dynamic system. This and for every positive epsilon if there exists a delta such that the initial point taken within a delta distance of the critical point keeps the system always within an epsilon distance then you say that the critical point y 0 is stable. What is the idea here? That is if you prescribe epsilon that is if you say that will your system remain within this much distance of the critical point then you answer that yes it will remain if you start sufficiently close say within delta distance. If you can say so that if there exists a delta such that if you can say if you can prescribe such a delta for every given epsilon then you say that this point y 0 is a stable critical point that is if you can keep the system close enough by starting close enough then it is a stable critical stable critical point. There may be situations where whatever close you start eventually you will go far away from the critical point then that critical that critical point is called unstable. So, this is the criteria for stability if further not only that it stays close if as enormous time is passed eventually if the point y 0 is approached then you call that point as not only stable but asymptotically stable. You would be able to see that in the earlier case stable nodes and spirals were asymptotically stable. On the other hand center points which were always stable were stable but not asymptotically stable because in that case the trajectory does not approach the critical point. In the stability analysis due to Lyapunov there is another important issue there is another important term that is the positive definite function. A function with value 0 at the origin if it is always positive for non-zero points that is away from origin then that is called a positive definite function as we know positive definiteness in general. What is a Lyapunov function? A positive definite function of the state vector having continuous partial derivatives with a negative semi definite rate of change that is if v is positive definite function but if it is rate of change with respect to time it with respect to the independent variable t is negative definite or negative semi definite then you call it a Lyapunov function. This is a Lyapunov function is actually an abstraction of the concept of energy in physics. So, energy is can be considered as a positive definite function total energy and then the way the system evolves is in order to decrease the total energy. So, it is rate of change with respect to time is negative it could stay at constant for that matter that is v prime could be 0. So, that is why semi definite is there. So, this kind of a function which is positive definite function of y but it is rate of change with respect to the independent variable t is negative semi definite such a function is called Lyapunov function with this kind of a definition the actual stability criteria becomes quite straight forward and that is the theorem that is for a system like this with the original as a critical point if you can construct Lyapunov function which is positive definite with a negative semi definite rate then you can conclude that the system is stable at the origin. Further if v prime is not simply negative semi definite but negative definite then that will mean that energy will not only be non increasing but it will actually decrease and in that case you can see that the trajectory will actually approach the critical point and in that case it is asymptotically stable. So, it is actually a generalization of the notion of total energy. So, negativity of its rate will corresponding to trajectories tending to decrease this energy. Now, Lyapunov's method is important because in the case in a non-linear case or in the higher dimensional state space case or in the in those cases where the linearized version of the state space of the state equation is the linearized version of the state equation is unable to allow any analysis in such cases Lyapunov's method turns out to be a useful method for analyzing the stability of a non-linear system. However, caution should be exercised in using this Lyapunov analysis because it is a one way criterion only. If you can construct a Lyapunov function then you can say that the system is the origin is a stable point of the system but if you fail to construct a Lyapunov function that does not mean that the system is unstable. So, it is only a one way criterion. So, in this lesson the important issues that we have studied are analysis of second order systems, critical points of different kinds and non-linear systems with their local linearization to describe the system and phase space analysis which has enormous application in branches of science, physics, engineering, economics, biological and social processes. So, this in a way completes one module of our course. From the next lecture again we will go back to solution of differential equations certain situations where analytical methods fail but much better than numerical methods we can use and that is series solution. So, next lecture we will start series solution and in that continuation we will slowly move from the study of differential equations to approximation theory. Thank you.


Hello, this is Jagannath Ponda. I am heading the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs at the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Sweden. I'm here visiting USIP as a part of my research project on Russia-China-India trilateral dynamics in Eurasia. I think Russia always wanted to have a partnership in the Eurasian regions after the Cold War. In fact, if we study the Russian foreign policy approach after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, they wanted some regional partnerships, strong regional partnership, and there was no better partners than India and China for Russia. And therefore, if we see the Russian foreign policy current approach, they do not want to lose out these two effective powers emerging economies in the world politics from their foreign policy point of view and from their strategic interest in the global affairs, particularly in the context of Eurasia. Well, Russia needs today India and China more than what India and China needs Russia. In fact, if we see Russia is getting more and more isolated in the global politics today, there is a lot of sanctions Russia is facing because the kind of attack they have carried out on Ukraine because of the war. And today, I think Russia's influence in the global multilateral forums has also significantly reduced. So therefore, they need China and India more and more in the regional politics. But at the same time, Russia do not want to really allow China and India to come closer. So therefore, Russia is playing as a kind of balancer between China and India and when it comes to the Eurasian politics, Russia wants to build that Eurasian chemistry between taking along China and India into its fold. So therefore, we do see that Russia holds a lot of significance to Russia and China, to Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to AIIB and to the new development bank of the BRICS. I think a lot is happening in the Eurasian regions where Russia would be actually revitalizing its foreign policy with cohesion of its relationship, particularly with China and the Central Asian countries. In fact, the Russians are seeing China as an inevitable partner and they have declared their partnerships as no-limit partnerships, having a kind of a no-limit to their friendship in the regions and to that extent, I think it holds a significant implications for the United States of America, which has not really given adequate importance to the region of Eurasia. And therefore, US needs to look at some of these institutions, multilateral forums Russia is a member, along with China and India very closely, particularly from US point of view, I think the institutions like Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Asian infrastructure investment bank, the new development bank of the BRICS and particularly also the trilateral forums Russia, India, China holds enormous significance because that helps Russia to build an Eurasian chemistry, a strong Eurasian chemistry, which is against the US and which is against the United States interest in the Indo-Pacific region.


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I mean, that's what that's what the military has been he's been saying of course, they have to give excuses and even the other proof that We can't connect with people from Egypt that this even he Even those who who demonstrate on his behalf, they're not really Civilians that were you supportive of of him and the two years that he was in office. I Think that yes, I'm supporter of mercy because he's legitimate. It's it's legitimate. He won by election And what about other Algerians? What's yeah, it's the same. It's it's it's the same Through my connection with faith in Facebook and Twitter and they are all they are all they are all we they are They are considering consider considering what happened now in Egypt as as not fair and it's not right and it's kind of it's kind of oppression and It's not acceptable at all Yeah, the current tuition and Morsy was and Taylor Taylor President Cut power water Everything people hate him so we go to street We ask him to go away Our army help us to do that That's the old story. What do you think about the future of Egypt now? I think the situation in Egypt is regrettable in Egypt Two years ago a revolution occurred, but after that revolution Chaos came to that country and in this country the people see every day unrest in this country and I think the situation is in Egypt that coupe a coupe occurred by army was very bad because all Arabic countries will see this event and all governments learn that if they don't a Give power to army it may the army make make a coupe against them and I think The coupe cannot solve unrest in Egypt and Austin the electric the elected president that Elected by free election is not a good choice What do you think would be a good solution perhaps in Egypt? I think all parties should Sit around each other and sit around the table and talk to each other for solving the problem I think the democracy is not chaos. It is not every day people a Group of people come to a street and another day another a Opposite group come to a street and kill each other. It's a very very bad situation. I think Do you think what's happening in Egypt will have an influence in any way of what's going on in in your own country in Iran I? Think the situation is Iran is Different because Iran is not a Arabic country of Iran And I don't know what will occur in Iran in future. There've been I believe what there were many car car bombings Within the last few days in in Iraq recent increase in attacks Between she and Sunni apparently from from what we read in the news What what do you think of what's going on in the the situation in Iraq right now? What do you think of it? Actually we are here in north of Iraq kind of a little bit separate from from From from the middle and the south of the southern of Iraq Honestly, we are we are as a population Many of us care to go down there because our area a little bit Not a little bit it's too. It's more secure than there So basically We looking We we hope I'm pride for the people down there, but we think the situation day by day is going Where where's and where's where sir? I don't know how that's the right word becoming worse worse and worse worse worse and worse so Basically the The situation between Sunnah and Shia Shia the Shia population Iran as a government try to make himself as a responsible of the Shia in Iraq or in all the world and Because Iraq is too close to him. So basically he's supporting the Shia and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries try to support the Sunnis Yes, I am and and what is the situation do you believe for the Kurds? Iraq right now. What what does the future look like for you? We think we was we was dreaming as a population we was dreaming that we will have our own country Same as long time ago before the British Empire come around here that we we used to be one population the population here in north of Iraq and Southern south of Turkey and east of Syria and the west of Iran so basically the Kurdish population is as I don't know if you heard or Read that from the history. It's been separate to In between many countries we was dreaming that we will have our own country and our own All the population is gonna be united together and we will leave together but this is a very hard to be done and looks like we was dreaming for a long time and We don't know if we can Stay Inside a United Iraq in peace we don't know because What what I see from the From my life experience Middle East is full of fully of Surprise


Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds Gordon B Hinckley shares. Everything deteriorates and crumbles without effort, so achieving anything positive in life takes work, even if it's something seemingly uncomplicated, like finding happiness. Finding happiness might sound simple, yet it's not easy. The pursuit of happiness has been a quest for ages, so much so that people have identified success as attaining or finding happiness. Happiness like anything worthwhile and sustainable takes intentional moves and constant practice to cultivate. But here's the good news. Your happiness is your sole responsibility. The bad news is that you've also lost the excuse to blame your unhappiness on someone else. As Abraham Lincoln quoted, folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Seeing that your happiness depends on you, here are 9 basic principles which you can use to find happiness. 1. Fine-tune your focus. It is easy to be negative, way too easy. The news, the sights and the sounds all tend to give reason to cringe and complain, worry, regret or cry. To maintain a positive mind and perspective requires a deliberate fine-tuning. There are ways with which you can keep a positive outlook in a cynical world. Ways like taking time out to count your blessings, taking short breaks daily to meditate on all that is right and beautiful in your life, trains your mind to focus on the right and the beautiful. It would also help for you to watch your thoughts and words and protect yourself from thinking or speaking negatively. Your words and thoughts are usually a reflection of what you've programmed into your mind. Stay conscious about what your mind soaks up as information, as it has a direct effect on your state of happiness or a lack of it. 2. Make a big deal about the small things. Life is a journey and not a destination and so you should celebrate your landmarks. You should celebrate those small wins, those little achievements and make sure that you pat yourself on the back for those few steps you have travelled.  If you're going to be happy with your life, it is necessary that you be satisfied with the little experiences which make it up. So you arrange your draw. Well done! You sorted through your email and the billion unread messages. Way to go! You finally got to visit that friend after months of postponing. Great job! Appreciating your efforts in striking these items off your to-do list gives you a sense of progress and achievement, which are vital ingredients of happiness. 3. Stay balanced. A life of balance is a prerequisite for a life of happiness, especially when it comes to work-life balance. You have bills to pay so you need to work, but you also have to build relationships, have a hobby, breathe and do all the other things which are not part of your work life. It is unhealthy to build your life around your job or business as it creates an unbalance which will create a vacuum yearning to be filled. If you would be happy, a balance is needed. Such balance keeps work, relationships, hobbies, health, finance and other areas of your life at the right level of importance and consideration. Stay balanced. 4. Be in the present. People tend to regret their past or worry about their future. Focusing on the past or the future will never cultivate happiness. History cannot be changed and it is in the present that the future gets built. To be happy, you have to live in the now. Forget yesterday, tomorrow is unknown, live today. Be present, do the next thing today. If you are in a place today, be there.  Roy Bennett supported this principle with these words. If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present. 5. Be creative. Another principle for happiness is the need for you to create something. Creativity comes from within, from the core of the individual.  Your creation could be a poem, a song, a photograph taken, a painting, a carving or a drawing. It could be anything as long as it's your creation and it comes from within. Your creation doesn't have to be perfect, but it has to be original. When you're immersed in the creative process, you can reach deep within you where you can cultivate your happiness. 6. Spend on experiences and not things. No, I'm not telling you how to spend your money. But since we are talking about principles for finding happiness, you should spend more on experiences and less on material things. The satisfaction gotten from material things wane with time. With experiences, you build memories. Memories which you can treasure forever. Spend your money on travel. Surprise yourself by booking a vacation or go out to a nature park and enjoy the serenity. Attend that event you know will make you happy. Experience life and grow happiness. 7. Be a giver. The saying that givers never lack might be debatable, but there is no debate concerning the good feeling altruism gives. Science proves that giving reduces stress and blood pressure, and it is clear that giving makes the world a better place. When you can, give. Knowing that you are investing in someone else's happiness will help cultivate yours. 8. Listen and maybe dance to music. Good music raises the feel-good hormone dopamine in the brain, and that can make you happy. Dancing adds to the effect. All kinds of music are powerful, and so it is wise you pick the right ones, those that uplift your spirit and make you happy. Avoid those that sound depressing to you. The goal is to cultivate happiness and not fall into depression. 9. Live fully. We only get one life to live on earth, so live yours. Take that risk, leave that comfort zone. Don't be so fixated on perfection that you fail to do what you can or should.  As the Dalai Lama said, happiness is not something ready-made, it comes from your actions. By living fully, you learn a lot more about yourself. You explore the world and do what you can to make your life better. You don't sit and wait for life to pass you by.  These principles are the basics, so you get to discover what makes you happy and build on them. Mahatma Gandhi said that happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. So in your pursuit of happiness, use these principles.