Sofia Kovalevskaya
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Sofia Kovalevskaya was a pioneering 19th-century Russian mathematician renowned for her groundbreaking work in analysis and partial differential equations and as one of the first women to hold a full professorship in mathematics.
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| Sofya Kovalevskaya | 3 |
| Kovalevskaya | 1 |
| Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya | 1 |
| Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Russian mathematician
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academic ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ woman mathematician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in mathematics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sofia Kovalevskaya
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Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya
Sofia Kovalevskaya ⓘ
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Sofya Kovalevskaya
Sofia Kovalevskaya ⓘ
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Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya
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| awardReceived |
Prix Bordin
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Mathematics Prize of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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Prix de l’Académie des Sciences
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| birthName | Sofya Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | influenza ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1850-01-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1891-02-10 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Karl Weierstrass ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Heidelberg University
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University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Stockholm University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Sofia Kovalevskaya
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| fieldOfWork |
analysis
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celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ partial differential equations ⓘ |
| genre | autobiographical writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Sofia ⓘ |
| influenced | women mathematicians ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Karl Weierstrass ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
French
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German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Russian Academy of Sciences (corresponding member) ⓘ |
| movement | women in science ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first major Russian female mathematician
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first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe ⓘ one of the first women to hold a full professorship in mathematics ⓘ |
| notableIdea | existence and uniqueness of analytic solutions to partial differential equations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Russian Childhood
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Cauchy–Kovalevskaya theorem ⓘ Kovalevskaya top ⓘ Nihilist Girl ⓘ On the rotation of a solid body about a fixed point ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Moscow Governorate
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Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Stockholm
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Sweden ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
full professor at Stockholm University
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professor of mathematics ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
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Heidelberg ⓘ Stockholm ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Anna Korvin-Krukovskaya ⓘ |
| spouse | Vladimir Kovalevsky ⓘ |
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