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Aleksandr Lyapunov

Russian mathematician

Died when: 61 years 150 days (736 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Aleksandr Lyapunov

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (Russian: ??????´??? ????´?????? ??????´?, pronounced [?l??k'sandr m??'xajl?v??t? l??p?'nof]; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1857 – 3 November 1918) was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist.

His surname is variously romanized as Ljapunov, Liapunov, Liapounoff or Ljapunow.He was the son of the astronomer Mikhail Lyapunov and the brother of the pianist and composer Sergei Lyapunov.

Lyapunov is 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.


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