Michèle Audin: Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya

Cover: 9781447169352 | Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya | Michèle Audin | Taschenbuch | ix

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Beschreibung

Sofia Kovalevskaya was a brilliant and determined young Russian woman of the 19th century who wanted to become a mathematician and who succeeded, in often difficult circumstances, in becoming arguably the first woman to have a professional university career in the way we understand it today. This memoir, written by a mathematician who specialises in symplectic geometry and integrable systems, is a personal exploration of the life, the writings and the mathematical achievements of a remarkable woman. It emphasises the originality of Kovalevskayäs work and assesses her legacy and reputation as a mathematician and scientist. Her ideas are explained in a way that is accessible to a general audience, with diagrams, marginal notes and commentary to help explain the mathematical concepts and provide context.

This fascinating book, which also examines Kovalevskayäs love of literature, will be of interest to historians looking for a treatment of the mathematics, and those doing feminist or gender studies.

Über den Autor

Michèle Audin; Professor of Mathematics at IRMA, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, France

Zusammenfassung

The first biography to be written about Sofya Kovalevskaya by a renowned mathematician

Offers a well-rounded narrative that incorporates literature, mathematics and personal biography

May also appeal to those doing general feminist studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sofya's chronology.- Sofya's names.- Stories.- The thesis of Sofya, the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem.- The Solid.- A letter to Mittag-Leffler.- Stockholm.- A letter to Vollmar.- The Bordin prize and Sofya's reputation.- The women of
Men of mathematics
.- I remember Sofya, by George, Gösta, Julia and all the rest.- I too remember Sofya.- Bibliography.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	ix 284 S.
ISBN-13:	9781447169352
ISBN-10:	1447169352
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Audin, Michèle
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2011
Hersteller:	Springer Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	254 x 178 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Michèle Audin
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.08.2016
Gewicht:	0,561 kg