What did Sofia Kovalevskaïa say about being a mathematician ?

“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in the soul”

At Sorbonne University, there is

70% in médecine and literature and 30% in science and engineering of women

What was a significant achievement of Sofia Kovalevskaïa ?

First woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics from a German university

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1
What type of equation did Kovalevskaïa focus on in her work?
Equations with derivatives
Linear equations
Algebraic equations
Quadratic equations
2
Which concept did Sofia Kovalevskaïa refute with her counterexample?
The Law of Large Numbers
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
The Cauchy Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem
3
What challenge did Sofia Kovalevskaïa face during her academic career?
Language barriers
Lack of funding
Limited research topics
Gender discrimination
4
Which field did Sofia Kovalevskaïa significantly contribute to?
Number Theory
Partial Differential Equations
Geometry
Algebra
5
What did Sofia Kovalevskaïa say about being a mathematician ?
“Mathematics is, in its own way, the poetry of logical ideas”
“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in the soul”
“Nature is written in mathematical language”
“Mathematics is a boring subject”
6
What was the title of Sofia Kovalevskaïa’s novel ?
The Mathematics of Life
A Woman’s Journey
The Heat Equation
Nihilist Girl
7
Who was Sofia Kovalevskaïa ?
An engineer
A physicist
A poet
A mathematician
8
At Sorbonne University, there is
50% in médecine and literature and 50% in science and engineering of women
70% in arts and 30% in math and computer science of women
70% in médecine and literature and 30% in science and engineering of women
50% in arts and 50% in math and computer science of women
9
In which year did Sofia Kovalevskaïa publish her notable work on heat distribution?
1894
1900
1875
1887
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What was a significant achievement of Sofia Kovalevskaïa ?
First woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematics from a German university
First woman to win a Nobel Prize
First woman to publish a scientific journal
First woman to teach physics in Europe

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