Lyapunov

Lyapunov is a Russian surname that is sometimes also romanized as Ljapunov, Liapunov or Ljapunow. Notable people with the surname include:

• Prokopy Lyapunov (d. 1611), Russian statesman
• Zakhary Lyapunov (d. after 1612), Russian statesman, Prokopy Lyapunov's brother
• Mikhail Lyapunov (1820–1868), Russian astronomer
• Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857–1918), son of Mikhail, Russian mathematician and mechanician, after whom the following are named:
  • Lyapunov dimension
  • Lyapunov equation
  • Lyapunov exponent
  • Lyapunov function
  • Lyapunov fractal
  • Lyapunov stability
  • Lyapunov's central limit theorem
  • Lyapunov time
  • Lyapunov vector
  • Lyapunov (crater)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924), son of Mikhail, Russian composer
• Boris Lyapunov (1862–1943), son of Mikhail, Russian expert in Slavic studies
• Alexey Lyapunov (1911–1973), Russian mathematician

See also

• Lyapunov family, a Russian noble family, to which not all the above individuals necessarily belong