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Sofia Kovalevskaya
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, née Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya, was a Russian mathematician who made significant contributions to analysis, partial derivative equations and mechanics. She was a pioneer for women in mathematics worldwide - the first woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics, the first woman to be appointed to the position of a full professor in Northern Europe and one of the few. the first woman to work for a science journal as a magazine-editor. According to scientific historian Ann Hibner Koblitz, Kovalevskaia was "the greatest female scientist known before the twentieth century."
BornJan 15, 1850, Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedFeb 10, 1891, Stockholm, Sweden
FieldsMathematics, Mechanics
InstitutionsStockholm University, Russian Academy of Sciences
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen (PhD, 1874)
Known forCauchy–Kowalevski theorem

About Sofia Kovalevskaya

Mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya was born in Russia on January 15, 1850. She dies at the age of 41, on February 10, 1891.

This Russian-born mathematician submitted a dissertation to the University of Göttingen after graduating from the University of Heidelberg, in which she lay forth an important mathematical notion that is now known as the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem.

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Sofia Kovalevskaya before becoming famous

Sofia Kovalevskaya was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1850 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

She used mathematical concepts to paint the walls of her childhood bedroom.

Achievement of Sofia Kovalevskaya

She was the first Russian woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics, become a full professor, and edit a scientific journal.

Sofia Kovalevskaya's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her parents, Yelizaveta Fedorovna Schubert and Vasily Vasilyevich Korvin-Krukovsky, raised her and her two siblings in Moscow, Russia. She and her scientist husband, Vladimir Kovalevskij, eventually settled in Germany.

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She attended intellectual gatherings ("salons") held at the London residence of famous author Novelist George Eliot in the early 1870s.

Sofia Kovalevskaya Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Sofia Kovalevskaya updated on March 16 2023.