STABILIZING WITH A HAMMER

2008/03/01 by J. M. SANZ-SERNA, J. M. Sanz‐Serna
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

paper · doi:10.1142/s0219493708002263

Abstract

We show that, with high probability, the undamped, nonlinear inverted pendulum may be "stabilized" over bounded time-intervals if subjected to random shocks.

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