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Stability

The word stability has a number of technical meanings, all related to the common meaning of the word.

In mechanics, stability characterizes the result of small perturbations to a system in mechanical equilibrium.
In system analysis and signal processing, stability means either:
- BIBO (Bounded Input, Bounded Output) stability
- Lyapunov stability
In control theory, stability characterizes the reaction of a dynamic system to external influences.
In numerical analysis, stability refers to how well an algorithm performs with regard to error in the numerical results: see numerical stability.
In everyday conversation about computers, stability refers to the tendency or otherwise of a system or program to crash.

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List of dynamical system and differential equation topics | List of dynamical system topics | Oscillate | Oscillation

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