Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion
Criterio de estabilidad de Hurwitz
- Date
- 1876-1895 · confidence medium
- Place
- Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Adolf Hurwitz
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Mathematical test that determines from the coefficients of a characteristic polynomial whether all roots have negative real parts, establishing the stability of a linear system; essential for control system design.
What it led to
- modern automatic control theory
- design of feedback control systems
- stability analysis in electrical engineering
- alternative stability criteria (Nyquist, Lyapunov)