What did Sofia Kovalevskaya do for math?
Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, (born January 15, 1850, Moscow, Russia—died February 10, 1891, Stockholm, Sweden), mathematician and writer who made a valuable contribution to the theory of partial differential equations.
Did Sofya Kovalevskaya have children?
Sofia “Fufa” Kovalevskaya
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Why is Sofya Kovalevskaya famous?
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was the first major Russian female mathematician, responsible for important original contributions to analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe.
How old was Sofia Kovalevskaya when she started to study math?
Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. When she was 11 years old, the wall of her room had been papered with pages from lecture notes of differential and integral analysis, which was her early preparation for calculus.
Who was the father of Sofia Kovalevskaya?
Sofia Kovalevskaya was the daughter of Vasily Vasilievich Korvin-Krukovsky (1801-1879), an artillery general, and Elizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia’s name is written in different forms and we should say a little about that here.
What did Sofia Kovalevskaya win a prize for?
Sofia’s entry for the mathematical solution of rotation of solid objects around a fixed point was so elegant, that the Academy increased the prize money from 3000 to 5000 francs in recognition of its excellence. Her work on the same topic gained her a prize from the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and a membership of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Why did Sofia Kovalevskaya cover the walls of her room?
When she was eleven years old, Sofia (sometimes called Sonja) Kovalevskaya covered the walls of her room in note sheets about differential and integral calculus by the Russian mathematician Mikhail Ostrogradski. These notes were from her father’s university years. This was how Sofia became familiar with calculus.