Mathematician:Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov

Mathematician
Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist, known for his development of the stability theory of a dynamical system, as well as for his many contributions to mathematical physics and probability theory.

Nationality
Russian

History

 * Born: 6 June 1857 in Yaroslavl, Russia
 * Died: 3 November 1918 in Odessa, Russia

Theorems and Definitions

 * Lyapunov Equation
 * Lyapunov Exponent
 * Lyapunov Fractal
 * Lyapunov Function
 * Lyapunov Stability
 * Lyapunov's Stability Theorem
 * Lyapunov Time
 * Lyapunov's Central Limit Theorem
 * Lyapunov's Condition
 * Lyapunov–Malkin Theorem (with )
 * Lyapunov-Schmidt Reduction (with )

Publications

 * 1884: On the stability of ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium of a rotating fluid
 * 1892: The general problem of the stability of motion
 * 1897: Sur certaines questions qui se rattachent au problème de Dirichlet
 * 1901: Nouvelle forme du théorème sur la limite de probabilité
 * 1901: Sur un théorème du calcul des probabilités
 * 1902: Sur une série dans la théorie des équations différentielles linéaires du second ordre à coefficients périodiques
 * 1903: Recherches dans la théorie de la figure des corps célestes
 * 1904: Sur l'équation de Clairaut et les équations plus générales de la théorie de la figure des planètes

Also known as
In Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ляпуно́в.