Yekaterina Kovalevskaya

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gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:awards First female member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
gptkbp:birthDate 1850-01-15
gptkbp:burialPlace Norra begravningsplatsen
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Kovalevskaya_top
Mathematical analysis
Theory of differential equations
Kovalevskaya's_theorem
gptkbp:deathDate 1891-02-10
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:Russian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:London_Mathematical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Société_Mathématique_de_France
gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yekaterina Kovalevskaya
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Sofia_Kovalevskaya
Women in STEM
Mathematics education for women
gptkbp:influencedBy Niels Henrik Abel
gptkbp:knownFor Contributions to analysis and differential equations
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_for_women_in_mathematics
gptkbp:nationality Russian
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Sofia_Kovalevskaya
gptkbp:notableWork Mathematical analysis
Mechanics
Differential equations
Theory of functions
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_motion_of_a_rigid_body
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_stability_of_motion
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_functions
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_nonlinear_dynamics
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_differential_equations
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_fluid_dynamics
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_rotation_of_a_rigid_body
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_mathematical_modeling
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_mechanics
Kovalevskaya's_work_on_the_theory_of_celestial_mechanics
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Moscow,_Russia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Stockholm,_Sweden
gptkbp:researchAreas Fluid dynamics
Mathematical modeling
Mathematical physics
Nonlinear dynamics
Celestial mechanics
gptkbp:researchFocus Partial differential equations
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Vladimir_Kovalevsky