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The legacy of Sonya Kovalevskaya : proceedings of a symposium / sponsored by the Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, held October 25-28, 1985 ; Linda Keen, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary mathematics, 0271-4132 64.
- Contemporary mathematics, 64 0271-4132
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kovalevskai︠a︡, S. V. (Sofʹi︠a︡ Vasilʹevna), 1850-1891--Congresses.
- Kovalevskai︠a︡, S. V.
- Mathematics--Congresses.
- Mathematics.
- Women in mathematics--Congresses.
- Women in mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [1987]
- Summary:
- Sonya Kovalevskaya was a distinguished mathematician and considered by her contemporaries to be among the best of her generation. This work contains background material about Kovalevskaya's life and work, including a discussion of how she has been perceived by the mathematical community over the last century.
- Contents:
- Section 1. Kovalevskaya - her life and work
- Section 2. Geometry and dynamical systems
- Section 3. Analysis
- Section 4. Applied mathematics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographies.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8218-7654-6
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