Nicolas Minorsky (1885--1970) and the mathematics for naval engineering, control theory and nonlinear oscillations (Q2790138)
From MaRDI portal
 | This is the item page for this Wikibase entity, intended for internal use and editing purposes. Please use this page instead for the normal view: Nicolas Minorsky (1885--1970) and the mathematics for naval engineering, control theory and nonlinear oscillations |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6549007
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Nicolas Minorsky (1885--1970) and the mathematics for naval engineering, control theory and nonlinear oscillations |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6549007 |
Statements
3 March 2016
0 references
dynamical systems
0 references
nonlinear oscillations
0 references
engineer
0 references
stability theory
0 references
control theory
0 references
calculating device
0 references
instruments
0 references
analog computing
0 references
Minorsky
0 references
Poincaré
0 references
Andronov
0 references
Nicolas Minorsky (1885--1970) and the mathematics for naval engineering, control theory and nonlinear oscillations (English)
0 references
Nicolas Minorsky (1885--1970) was a Russian educated naval engineer, since 1918 working in the United States. Being a kind of ``l'ingénieur-savant'', he dealt with the interplay between mathematics and the practical problem of ships steering, advocating for and contributing to nonlinear oscillations and stability theories with the ships in mind. ``Minorsky also invented an analog computing device called `Dynamical analog' that remained confidential until recently. This system was conceived and partially released in 1935, in order to render (compute) qualitative and quantitative information about nonlinear dynamical systems''.NEWLINENEWLINE The paper offers a review of Minorsky's work.
0 references
