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Sofia Kovalevskaya (Film) Women Mathematicians: Ada Lovelace, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Sophie Germain, Grace Hopper, Hypatia, Emmy Noether, Sofia Kovalevskaya Russian Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev, Ivan Pavlov, Sergey Korolyov, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov KOVALEVSKAYA, SOFIA VASILIEVNA: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of Russian History</i> by MARY ZIRIN, 2004 Stockholm University Alumni: Ingmar Bergman, Olof Palme, Horace Engdahl, Rubén Berríos, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Sven Hedin, Fredrik Reinfeldt Swedish Physicists: Gustaf Dalén, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Hannes Alfvén, Max Tegmark, Christer Fuglesang, Christopher Polhem, Anders Jonas Ångström Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya Award Deaths From Influenza: Bertrand Russell, Egon Schiele, Phoebe Hearst, Edmond Rostand, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Trevor Howard, Mark Sykes Swedish Mathematicians: Sofia Kovalevskaya, Per Martin-Löf, Per Enflo, Lars Hörmander, Harald Cramér, Herman Wold, Henry Wallman Spinning equations: Sofia Kovalevskaya.(HERSTORY)(Biography): An article from: New Moon Girls by Abigail Noble, 2009-09-01 Sonya Kovalevsky: Her Recollections of Childhood with a Biography and a Biographical Note by Sonya Kovalevsky, 1895 Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya by Joan Spicci, 2002-08-24 The Legacy of Sonya Kovalevskaya: Proceedings of a Symposium (Contemporary Mathematics)

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1. Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Kovalevskaya. January 15, 1850 February 10, 1891. Kovalevskaya Stamps issued in 1951 and 1996. Written by Becky Wilson, Class of 1997 (Agnes Scott College) An extraordinary woman, Sofia  
   http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/kova.htm
   
   Extractions: January 15, 1850 - February 10, 1891 Kovalevskaya Stamps issued in 1951 and 1996. An extraordinary woman, Sofia Kovalevskaya was not only a great mathematician, but also a writer and advocate of women's rights in the 19th century. It was her struggle to obtain the best education available which began to open doors at universities to women. In addition, her ground-breaking work in mathematics made her male counterparts reconsider their archaic notions of women's inferiority to men in such scientific arenas. Sofia Krukovsky Kovalevskaya was born in 1850. As the child of a Russian family of minor nobility, Sofia was raised in plush surroundings. She was not a typically happy child, though. She felt very neglected as the middle child in the family of a well admired, first-born daughter, Anya, and of the younger male heir, Fedya. For much of her childhood she was also under the care of a very strict governess who made it her personal duty to turn Sofia into a young lady. As a result, Sofia became fairly nervous and withdrawntraits which were evident throughout her lifetime (Perl 127-128). Sofia's exposure to mathematics began at a very young age. She claims to have studied her father's old calculus notes that were papered on her nursery wall in replacement for a shortage of wallpaper. Sofia credits her uncle Peter for first sparking her curiosity in mathematics. He took an interest in Sofia and made time to discuss numerous abstractions and mathematical concepts with her (Rappaport 564). When she was fourteen years old she taught herself trigonometry in order to understand the optics section of a physics book that she was reading. The author of the book and also her neighbor, Professor Tyrtov, was extremely impressed with her capabilities and convinced her father to allow her to go off to school in St. Petersburg to continue her studies (Rappaport 564).

2. About Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Kovalevskaya a biography, with links and bibliography. Sofia Kovalevskaya - biography from a student at Agnes Scott College a profile including several portraits, of Sofia and of her  
   http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_kovalevskaya.htm
   
   Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Women's History Women's History by Place ... Today in Women's History zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); About Women: Biographies African American Air, Space, Science, Math Art, Music. Writing. Media ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Subscribe to the About Women's History newsletter. Search Women's History Sofia Kovalevskaya January 15 , 1850 - February 10, 1891) novelist, mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya's father was in the Russian Army and her mother 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. 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 calculus. Although her father provided her with private tutoring including calculus at age 15 he would not allow her to study abroad for further education, and Russian universities would not then admit women. But Sofia Kovalevskaya wanted to continue her studies in mathematics, so she found a solution: an amenable young student of paleontology, Vladimir Kovalensky, who entered into a marriage of convenience with her. In 1869, they left Russia with her sister, Anyuta. Sonja went to Heidelberg, Germany, Kovalensky went to Vienna, Austria, and Anyuta went to Paris, France.

3. Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Kovalevskaya made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations. NewYork SpringerVerlag. Sofia Kovalevskaya. Return to Main Menu.  
   http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/lsk.html
   
   Extractions: Sofia Kovalevskaya made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations. Sofia Kovalevsky was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery general, and Velizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia was educated by tutors and governess's in St. Petersburg and joined her family's social circle which included the author Dostoevsky. Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. She was greatly influenced by her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krokovsky, who greatly respected mathematics and often spoke about the subject in her presence. When Sofia was eleven years old, the walls of her room were papered with pages of lecture notes on differential and integral analysis by the Russian mathematician Ostrogradski. In addition to the information received from her uncle, the wallpaper served as Sofia's primary introduction to calculus. However, it was under the family's tutor, Joseph Ignatevich Malevich, that Sofia formally studied mathematics. Malevich tutored Sofia until the end of 1867. In 1869, Sofia travelled to Heidelberg to study mathematics and the natural sciences at the university, only to discover that women were not permitted to study. Eventually, she persuaded university authorities to allow her to attend lectures and seminars in physics and mathematics under Gustave R. Krichhoff for three semesters.

4. Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Russian Mathematician. Born 1850 in Moscow. She overcame widespread prejudice and personal difficulties to earn a Ph.D.  
   http://www.math.colostate.edu/~estep/webgallery/pages/kovalevskaya.html

5. Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Honours awarded to Sofia Kovalevskaya (Clicka link below for the full list of mathematicians honoured in this way).  
   http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kovalevskaya.html
   
   Extractions: Sofia Kovalevskaya was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery general, and Yelizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia was educated by tutors and governesses, lived first at Palabino, the Krukovsky country estate, then in St. Petersburg, and joined her family's social circle which included the author Dostoevsky. Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. Her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky, who had a great respect for mathematics, spoke about the subject. Sofia wrote in her autobiography:- The meaning of these concepts I naturally could not yet grasp, but they acted on my imagination, instilling in me a reverence for mathematics as an exalted and mysterious science which opens up to its initiates a new world of wonders, inaccessible to ordinary mortals. When Sofia was 11 years old, the walls of her nursery were papered with pages of

6. Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Kovalevskaya. Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (born January 15, 1850in Moscow, died February 10, 1891 in Stockholm.) was a Russian  
   http://www.fact-index.com/s/so/sofia_kovalevskaya.html
   
   Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (born January 15 in Moscow , died February 10 in Stockholm .) was a Russian Mathematician and a student of Karl Weierstrass in Berlin . In she was appointed professor at Stockholm University , the first woman in Europe to become a professor. Contributed to the understanding of partial differential equations. Essentially completed the study of rotating solids, applying the then-new theory of Abelian functions (and thus "justifying" the enormous effort that was put into the theory). Her father was Vasily Vasilievich Kriukovskoi (1800-1874), artillery officer, of Polish descent. He managed to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; and in was permitted to change surname to Korvin-Krukovsky. Sophia had a crush on Fyodor Dostoevsky and practiced his favourite piano work, Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, to get his attention, but he was focussed on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her. (here on has some gaps i'll fill shortly) There seem to have been several roots to Sophia's mathematical bent. Some came from her father, accidentally; he had studied calculus in the army, and when they ran short of proper wallpaper for one house, used his old notes instead. Sophia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it seems to have stuck for when she later took calculus under ... it came to her very quickly, as if it had always been there.

7. Sofia Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Kovalevskaya. Born 15 Jan 1850 in Moscow, Russia. Died 10Feb 1891 in Stockholm, Sweden. She made valuable contributions to  
   http://www.cchs165.jacksn.k12.il.us/Mathematics/Classes/calculus/WOMEN/tsld005.h

8. Sofia Kovalevskaya - Enciclopedia Libre
   Translate this page Sofia Kovalevskaya. Artículo de la Enciclopedia Libre Universal enEspañol. Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Sofia Vasilyevna  
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   Extractions: Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya 15 de enero de Moscú 10 de febrero de Estocolmo .) fue una matemática rusa y fue también estudiante de Karl Weierstrass en Berlin . En fue asignada como profesora en la Universidad de Estocolmo , conviertiéndose en la primera mujer en Europa en ocupar dicho cargo en una universidad. Vivió su infancia en Pabilino, Bielorrusia. Sonia amaba desde niña la lectura y la poesía, se sentía poeta en su interior. Durante su niñez, además de su hermana, dos de sus tíos influyeron notablemente en su vida. Uno de ellos, un auténtico amante de la lectura y aunque no era matemático le apasionaba esta ciencia; su otro tío le enseñaba ciencias y biología. A los trece años empezó a mostrar muy buenas cualidades para el álgebra pero su padre, a quien le horrorizaban las mujeres sabias, decidió frenar los estudios de su hija. Aún así Sonia siguió estudiando por su cuenta con libros de álgebra, y aquello que nunca había estudiado lo fue deduciendo poco a poco. Sonia a partir de los conocimientos que ya tenía, explicó y analizó por si misma lo que era el concepto de seno tal y como había sido inventado originalmente. Un profesor descubrió las facultades de Sonia, y habló con su padre para recomendarle que facilitara los estudios a su hija. Al cabo de varios años su padre accedió y Sonia comenzó a tomar clases particulares.

9. Kovalevskaya
   Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Born 15 Jan 1850 in Moscow, RussiaDied 10 Feb 1891 in Stockholm, Sweden. Sofia was attracted to  
   http://www.geocities.com/joek_bm/images/matematica/biografias/kovalevskaya.htm
   
   Extractions: Died: 10 Feb 1891 in Stockholm, Sweden Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. Her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky, who had a great respect for mathematics, spoke about the subject. Sofia wrote in her autobiography: The meaning of these concepts I naturally could not yet grasp, but they acted on my imagination, instilling in me a reverence for mathematics as an exalted and mysterious science which opens up to its initiates a new world of wonders, inaccessible to ordinary mortals. When Sofia was 11 years old, the walls of her nursery were papered with pages of Ostrogradski's lecture notes on differential and integral analysis. She noticed that certain things on the sheets she had heard mentioned by her uncle. Studying the wallpaper was Sofia's introduction to calculus. In 1871 Kovalevskaya moved to Berlin to study with Weierstrass, Königsberger's teacher. Despite the efforts of Weierstrass and his colleagues the senate refused to permit her to attend courses at the university. Ironically this actually helped her since over the next four years Weierstrass tutored her privately.

10. Kovalevskaya
    Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya. Born Sofia Kovalevskaya made valuablecontributions to the theory of differential equations. Sofia  
    http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/pages/resources/maths/History/Kvlvsky.htm
    
    Extractions: Previous (Alphabetically) Next Welcome page Sofia Kovalevskaya made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations. Sofia Kovalevskaya was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery general, and Velizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia was educated by tutors and governess's, lived first at Palabino, the Krukovsky country estate, then in St. Petersburg, and joined her family's social circle which included the author Dostoevsky. Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. Her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky, who had a great respect for mathematics, spoke about the subject. Sofia wrote in her autobiography:- The meaning of these concepts I naturally could not yet grasp, but they acted on my imagination, instilling in me a reverence for mathematics as an exalted and mysterious science which opens up to its initiates a new world of wonders, inaccessible to ordinary mortals. When Sofia was 11 years old, the walls of her nursery were papered with pages of

11. Ward Melville HS - Kovalevskaya
    Sofia Kovalevskaya. Q Today we have the privilege of speaking with renownedmathematician Sofia Vasi…Vasilyev…VASILYEVNA KOVALEVSKAYA.  
    http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/wmhs/Departments/Math/OBrien/kovalevskaya.html
    
    Extractions: A: Yes, I got a degree of a Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, summa cum laude, based on my three papers, without any examination or public defense. I was also able to read my paper on abelian integrals to the Sixth Congress of Natural Sciences in Petersburg, in 1880. In 1883, I was finally offered a position by my friend Gosta Mittag-Leffler at the University of Stockholm, in Sweden. I also won the Prix Bordin, which was a contest for solving the problem of the differential equations involved in the rotation of a solid body around a fixed point, which you know I was already actively involved in. That was very hard however, as by that time my husband had committed suicide and my sister Anuita died of complications from an operation. The deadline of the contest drove me forward. Luckily, mathematics was more of a release at that point than my work.

12. Karamata Jovan (1902-1967) Jugoslavia
    Biography. kovalevskaya sofia (18501891) Russia. Biography. Kovalevskayawas born into a noble Russian family and due to her gender  
    http://www.mlahanas.de/Stamps/Data/Mathematician/K.htm
    
    Extractions: Khayyam's dates of birth and death are reported differently by various authorities. The dates for his birth range from 1021 to 1048 and for his death from 1122 to 1131. Son of a tent maker, Khayyam was a mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. He was also skilled in medicine and music. His corpus of works, consisting of two works in physics, four in mathematics, five in philosophy, and one each in geography, astronomy, history, and music reflects his wide range of interest in the sciences and the arts. He knew Arabic and Persian. Of the works mentioned above eight are in Arabic and two in Perso-Tajik. In 1077, he completed "Risala fi Sharh Ma Ashkala Min Musadarat Kitab al-Uqlidas." This work includes resolutions for a number of difficult mathematical problems; resolutions which remained unresolved for the European mathematicians until the 16th and 17th centuries.

13. Sofia Kovalevskaya
    Sofia Kovalevskaya. Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (narozený Leden15, 1850 v Moskva, umrel Únor 10, 1891 v Stockholm.) byl Rus  
    http://wikipedia.infostar.cz/s/so/sofia_kovalevskaya.html
    
    Extractions: švodn­ str¡nka Tato str¡nka v origin¡le Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (narozen½ Leden 15 v Moskva , umřel šnor 10 v Stockholm .) byl Rus Matematik a student Karl Weierstrass v Berl­n . V ona byl stanoven profesor u Stockholm univerzita , prvn­ žena v Evropa st¡t se profesorem. Přispěl na dohodu parci¡ln­ch deferenci¡ln­ch rovnic. Nezbytně absolvoval studium točiv½ch pevn½ch l¡tek, platit pak-nov¡ teorie Abelian funguje (a tak " ospravedlnit " obrovsk¡ snaha to bylo uvaleno do teorie). Jej­ otec byl Vasily Vasilievich Kriukovskoi (1800-1874), dělostřeleck½ důstojn­k, polsk© generace. On zvl¡dal přesvědčit Rusy, aby vypisoval jej jak se svažoval aristokracie, maďarsk½ kr¡l v zvl¡Å¡tn­; a v byl dovolen½ přestupovat př­jmen­ k Korvin-Krukovsky. Sophia měl tlačenici na Fyodor Dostoevsky a cvičil jeho obl­benou klav­rn­ pr¡ci, Beethoven #genitive Pathetique son¡ta, dostat jeho pozornost, ale on byl focussed na starÅ¡­ sestře Anna a on velmi pravděpodobně se uch¡zel o ni. (tady na m¡ někter© mezery, kter© j¡ odk¡Å¾u naplnit brzy)

14. Kovalevskaya, Sofia (1850-1891) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Bio
    Biography Contributors. Cooke. kovalevskaya, sofia (18501891) In Heidelberg, kovalevskaya received a special authorization to attend the lectures without being officially a student  
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    Extractions: Portions of this entry contributed by Roger Cooke Portions of this entry contributed by Margherita Barile Sofya Korvin-Krukoskaya, whose nickname was Sonja, was born in Moscow in 1850 the daughter of a general. She started studying mathematics books as a girl, encouraged by her paternal uncle Pyotr, but against the will of her father who, however, soon became aware of her remarkable talent and finally allowed her to take private lessons. Born in a strictly patriarchal society, she had to undergo a fictitious marriage to gain the freedom to travel, so in 1868 she married Vladimir Kovalevsky, a paleontologist and supporter of Darwinism, who had a troubled professional life and later committed suicide. In Heidelberg, Kovalevskaya received a special authorization to attend the lectures without being officially a student, since matriculation was not permitted for women. When she decided to move to Berlin to make the acquaintance of Weierstrass , she came upon even stricter rules, and Weierstrass had to teach her privately. She soon became Weierstrass's favorite pupil, as well as his friend. In this period, she wrote three mathematical papers, for which she was awarded a doctorate

15. EIMI: Sofia Kovalevskaya Memorial
    Steklov Institute of Mathematics at St Petersburg. Euler International Mathematical Institute. St Petersburg Mathematical Society. St Petersburg State University. International Conference. dedicated  
    http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2000/sofia

16. Selected Literatures And Authors Pages - Russian Literature
    Dzyubin, Eduard. kovalevskaya, sofia. Pushkin, Aleksandr *** Sofya kovalevskaya Mathematician and Author. kovalevskaya, sofia (1850-1891). Sophia Kovalevskaia  
    http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/slav/lit_authors_russian.html
    
    Extractions: Russia - Culture - Literature . From The Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University. Russian Literature Online . From www.studyrussian.com. Internet Biblioteka Alekseia Komarova Venäjän nykykirjallisuuden kirjasto - Kirjallisuus . From Suomi-Venäjä-Seura . [Russian Literature On-Line sites from the Finland-Russia Society]. Lib.Ru: Biblioteka Maksima Moshkowa . By Maksim Moshkow . Lib.Ru:'s Sovremennaya russkaya proza page. Its poezia page. Publichnaia Elektronaia Biblioteka - Public Electronic Library. By Evgenii Peskin. Ardis Publishers . Their Links , including an extensive Literature section.

17. Kovalevskaya Index
    Projects Index, MacTutor Index. sofia kovalevskaya. Leigh Ellison. CONTENTS. Introduction;Early Life; Teen Years; Berlin and Weierstrass; Cauchykovalevskaya Theorem;  
    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Projects/Ellison/

18. Kovalevskaya
    Biography of sofia kovalevskaya (18501891) sofia Vasilyevna kovalevskaya. Born 15 Jan 1850 in Moscow, Russia sofia kovalevskaya was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery  
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kovalevskaya.html
    
    Extractions: Sofia Kovalevskaya was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery general, and Yelizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia was educated by tutors and governesses, lived first at Palabino, the Krukovsky country estate, then in St. Petersburg, and joined her family's social circle which included the author Dostoevsky. Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. Her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky, who had a great respect for mathematics, spoke about the subject. Sofia wrote in her autobiography:- The meaning of these concepts I naturally could not yet grasp, but they acted on my imagination, instilling in me a reverence for mathematics as an exalted and mysterious science which opens up to its initiates a new world of wonders, inaccessible to ordinary mortals. When Sofia was 11 years old, the walls of her nursery were papered with pages of

19. References
    HarperCollins, 1993. Hypatia, Maria Agnesi, Sophie Germain, sofia kovalevskaya,Grace Chisholm Young, Emmy Noether, Ada Byron Lovelace;  
    http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/biblio.htm
    
    Extractions: Contains conversations with Cathleen Morawetz, Julia Robinson, and Mary Ellen Rudin. The one of Julia Robinson is a reprint of the article by Constance Reid in the College Mathematics Journal with a correction to a mathematical misstatement and with better photos. Albers, D. and C. Reid. "An Interview with Mary Ellen Rudin," College Mathematics Journal, March 1988. Alic, Margaret. Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity throguh the NIneteenth Century, Beacon Press, Boston. [Agnesi, Chatelet, Germain, Lovelace, Kovalevsky] Anand, Kailash K. "Hanna Neumann: A great woman mathematician from down under," Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter, 18(1) 1988, 10-13. Anand, Kailash K. "Cypra Cecilia Krieger and the Human Side of Mathematics," in

20. LookSmart - Directory - Sofia Kovalevskaya
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