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It's a math/engineering joke. A control system is considered unstable if there is a pole (a mathematical singularity, not Polish person) on the right side of th
by jdewerd 3y ago
It's a math/engineering joke. A control system is considered unstable if there is a pole (a mathematical singularity, not Polish person) on the right side of the plane (the complex plane of the Laplace transform of its closed loop transfer function, not an airplane).
- talldatethrow 3y agoI figured. But even as a mechanical engineering grad I didn't really make the association with a pole of some sort all on one side of the plane.