Stability

Stability may refer to:

Mathematics

Stability theory, the study of the stability of solutions to differential equations and dynamical systems
Stability (probability), a property of probability distributions
Stability (learning theory), a property of machine learning algorithms
Stability, a property of sorting algorithms
Numerical stability, a property of numerical algorithms which describes how errors in the input data propagate through the algorithm
Stability radius, a property of continuous polynomial functions
Stable theory, concerned with the notion of stability in model theory
Stability, a property of points in geometric invariant theory

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
Directional stability, the tendency for a body moving with respect to a medium to point in the direction of motion
Elastic stability, the resistance of a structural member to buckling
Flight dynamics including longitudinal static stability
Nyquist stability criterion, defining the limits of stability for pole-zero analysis in control systems
Relaxed stability, the property of inherently unstable aircraft
Ship stability in naval architecture includes

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

Convective instability, a fluid dynamics 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