Human Accomplishment: Sofya Kovalevskaya

a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.

Born

Sofya Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya 15 January 1850 Moscow, Russian Empire

Died

10 February 1891 (aged 41) Stockholm, Sweden

Known for

Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem Kovalevskaya top

Fields

Mathematics, Mechanics

Alma mater

University of Göttingen ( PhD ; 1874)

Institutions

Stockholm University Russian Academy of Sciences

Spouse(s)

Vladimir Kovalevskij (m. 1868; died 1883 )

adultbasic

Sweden

Children

Sofia (1878)

Doctoral advisor

Karl Weierstrass

era

1800+

Other names

Sophie Kowalevski Sophie Kowalevsky

Resting place

Norra begravningsplatsen

Thesis

(1874)