Alphabetical Index Index by Year of Birth
Sofya Kovalevskaya
* 1850 in Moscow
+ 1891 in Stockholm
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Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician
who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.
She was a pioneer for women in mathematics around the world -
the first woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics,
the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe
and one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor.
2020 J. Giesen