Stability

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Stability may refer to:

Contents 1 Mathematics 2 Engineering 3 Natural sciences 4 Exercise and sports medicine 5 Social sciences 6 Entertainment

[edit] Mathematics

• Stability of a point in geometric invariant theory.
• Numerical stability, a property of numerical algorithms which describes how errors in the input data propagate through the algorithm
• Stability (probability), a property of probability distributions
• Stability radius, a property of continuous polynomial functions
• Stability theory, the study of the stability of solutions to differential equations and dynamical systems
  • Lyapunov stability
  • Structural stability

[edit] Engineering

• In atmospheric fluid dynamics, atmospheric stability, a measure of the turbulence in the ambient atmosphere
• BIBO stability (Bounded Input, Bounded Output stability), in signal processing and control theory, part of electrical engineering
• Directional stability, the tendency for a body moving with respect to a medium to point in the direction of motion
• Flight dynamics including longitudinal static stability
• Relaxed stability, the property of inherently unstable aircraft
• Ship stability in naval architecture includes

• Limit of Positive Stability
• Stability conditions (watercraft) of waterborne vessels.

• Slope stability
• Stability Model of software design.

[edit] Natural sciences

• Band of stability, in physics, the scatter distribution of isotopes which do not decay
• Chemical stability, occurring when a substance is in a dynamic chemical equilibrium with its environment

• includes Thermal stability

• Convective stability, a meteorological condition
• Ecological stability, measure of the probability of a population returning quickly to a previous state, or not going extinct
• Plasma stability, a measure of how likely a perturbation in a plasma is to be damped out

[edit] Exercise and sports medicine

• Core stability of the abdominal muscles
• Joint stability in the musculoskeletal system

[edit] Social sciences

• Economic stability
• Hegemonic stability theory

[edit] Entertainment

• The Stability E.P., a 2002 three song EP by Death Cab for Cutie

See also:

• Balance
• Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics
• Equilibrium (disambiguation)
• Fault-tolerant system
• Homeostasis
• Instability
• Stable (disambiguation)

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