Finding equilibrium points of nonlinear differential equations

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I have to find the equilibrium points of a nonlinear system:

x1' =  .51*sqrt(x1) + .076*u
x2' = -.51*sqrt(x1) + .51*sqrt(x2) + .136*u

I have assumed that u is arbitrary, so I substituted it for 1. So far I have equated

x1' = .51*sqrt(x1bar) + .076 = 0
x2' = -.51*sqrt(x1bar) + .51*sqrt(x2bar) + .136 = 0

which resulted in

sqrt(x1bar) = -.076/.51
x1bar = .0222

-.51(sqrt(x1bar) - sqrt(x2bar)) = -.136
sqrt(.0222) - sqrt(x2bar) = .136/.51
x2bar = .01384

xbar = (.0222, .01384)

Then I took the Jacobian of the system for the points above

J(x,y) = [1.71       0   ]
         [ -1.71   2.1675]

Am I on the right track or have I done this completely wrong?