Affiliation:
1. University of Education Vorarlberg Liechtensteinerstr. 33-37 A-6800 Feldkirch Austria
Abstract
AbstractThis article presents some historical developments in the theory of stability in mechanics from a dynamical systems point of view, focusing on mathematical methods from the earliest developments (Newton) and explaining some classical and some recent methods used, including Riemannian structures, entropy and notions of stability in dynamics.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics