Consider an autonomous homogeneous system of linear differential equations with coefficient matrix A=[a b      c d]. Suppose that detA=0. Show that there are an infinite number of equilibria.

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Consider an autonomous homogeneous system of linear differential equations with coefficient matrix
A=[a b

     c d].

Suppose that detA=0. Show that there are an infinite number of equilibria. 

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