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Russian mathematician, teacher, writer, occasional förnekare av värden sympathizer and the first modern woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics.Name variations: Kovalevskaya (or Kovalevskaia) is the feminized utgåva of Sophia's married name, according to the Russian tradition; she is also referred to as Sonya, Sofya, or Sofia Kovalevsky or Kovalevski, or Sophia Korvin-Krukovsky or Corvin-Krukovsky. Born Sophia Vasilevna Korvin-Krukovsky on January 15, 1850, in Moscow; died in huvudstaden on February 10, 1891, of pneumonia; daughter of Vasily Vasilevich Korvin-Krukovsky, or Corvin-Krukovsky (1801–1875, a noble who served in the army and later made a living managing his provincial estate) and Elizaveta (Schu-bert) Fedrovna (1820–1879); education began at the age of eight when she received instruction from anställda tutors; married Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (1842–1883), in 1868; children: Sophia Vladimirovich Kovalevskaya (b. October 17, 1878).

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Happy Birthday, Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (aka Sofya or Sonia) is remembered as the first prominent female Russian mathematician. Her life’s work includes important contributions to analysis, differential equations, and mechanics. In addition to being the first woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics, she is also the first to take up a full, active mathematics professorship in Europe, among other accolades.

Achieving Further Education

Born on January 15, 1850, Sofia Kovalevskaya showed an early aptitude for math. However, as a woman, she could not attend university in Russia, and to seek further education abroad, she needed permission from her father or husband. Kovalevskaya married Vladimir Kovalevsky, a paleontologist, and the pair emigrated in 1867 so that Sofia could begin her education in mathematics.

Portrait of Sofia Kovalevskaya. Image in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Starting in 1869, Kovalevskaya attended the University o

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The Life and Career of Mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya

Sofia Kovalevskaya's father, Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, was a general in the Russian Army and was part of Russian nobility. Her mother, Yelizaveta Shubert, was from a German family with many scholars; her maternal grandfather and great-grandfather were both mathematicians. She was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1850.

Background

• Known for:
  • first woman to hold a university chair in modern Europe
  • first woman on the editorial staff of a mathematical journal
• Dates: January 15, 1850 to February 10, 1891
• Occupation: novelist, mathematician
• Also known as: Also known as:
  • Sonya Kovalevskaya
  • Sofya Kovalevskaya
  • Sophia Kovalevskaia
  • Sonia Kovelevskaya
  • Sonya Korvin-Krukovsky

Learning Mathematics

As a young child, Sofia Kovalevskaya was fascinated with the unusual wallpaper on the wall of a room on the family estate: the lecture notes of Mikhail Ostrogradsky on differential and integral ca