Remembering Sofya Kovalevskaya 2011th Edition by Michèle Audin (PDF)

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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 Kovalevskaya’s 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 Kovalevskaya’s love of literature, will be of interest to historians looking for a treatment of the mathematics, and those doing feminist or gender studies.

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⭐I first “met” Sofya Kovalevskaya during my university years when I encountered the then called Kovalevskaya Theorem on partial differential equations which is now more often called Cauchy-Kovalevski Theorem. It was clear to me that the theorem was named from a woman and I was rather surprised: I had no idea of when exactly it was discovered but I assumed sometimes during the second half of the 19th century at time when it was very difficult for women just to devote themselves to higher studies (especially in Russia) let alone get significant results. A few years later I read “Men of Mathematics” from E. T. Bell in which the chapter devoted to Weierstrass is entitled “Master and Pupil” referring to Sofya Kovalevskaya as the pupil. Unfortunately Bell does not provide much insight on her mathematical work and appears more interested in gossip rather than her mathematics. Bell fails to mention the theorem I met a few years earlier and fails to describe more fully what was indeed was a remarkable life. Kovalevskaya, during her life, met Charles Darwin and Karl Marx, she participated to the Paris Commune in 1871, wrote novels and was very highly regarded by the greatest mathematicians of her time (Weierstrass, Mittag-Leffer, Poincare, …). After a conference in Rome in January 2020 dedicated to her, I bought this book. It is not a conventional book, it is rather a collection, somewhat chaotic, of stories, experiences and mathematics. Describing a person is indeed difficult and the author has made a very good work in providing us with a all-round picture of a remarkable woman and mathematician. I’ve really enjoyed this book and recommend it.

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