Lyapunov stability
Estabilidad de Liapunov
- Date
- 1892 · confidence high
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Credited to
- Aleksandr Lyapunov
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Mathematical theory characterizing the stability of solutions of differential equations near an equilibrium point; developed by Aleksandr Lyapunov in his thesis "The General Problem of the Stability of Motion" (1892).
What it led to
- Modern control theory and automatic control
- Stability analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems
- Applications in robotics, aerospace and systems engineering