Kovalev Skaya is a famous female mathematician. She has won many firsts: she is the first woman to get a doctorate in mathematics in history, the first woman to get the title of academician of the Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to be a professor of mathematics in the world except Italy. She has made outstanding contributions to mathematics. Representative works include the drama Fight for Happiness and the novella Female Nihilist.
Chinese name: Sophia Kovalev Skaya
Nationality: Russian Empire
Ethnic group: Russian.
Date of birth: 1850
Date of death: 189 1 year.
Occupation: female mathematician
Masterpiece: Fighting for Happiness
The life of the character
Sophia Kovalev Skaya was born in 1850. /kloc-When she was 0/5 years old, her math talent was discovered by her neighbor's math professor. The professor advised her father that Sophia had extraordinary talents and should be cultivated well. But at that time, only men had the right to receive higher education in czarist Russia, so Kovalev Skaya had to study abroad after graduating from high school. 1869, she went to Germany, worked as an auditor at Heidelberg University, and listened to famous scholars. She wants to study mathematics with the famous mathematician Wilstrass of Berlin University, but women are not allowed to take classes at Berlin University. Kovalev Skaya found Wilstrass, who decided to give the ambitious female student a separate class. Wilstrass wants to test her. She has many problems to solve. She soon solved all the problems. 1874, on the recommendation of Wilstras, she was awarded a doctorate by the enlightened university of Gottingen, and she returned to Russia. She failed to win a university chair in Russia. So she got married and stayed at home for a while. After her husband died, she was invited to teach at Stockholm University 1884, and was hired as a tenured professor five years later. 1888, she solved the problem of "rigid body rotating around a fixed point" and won the prize of French Academy of Sciences. 1889, she was elected as an academician of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. 189 1 died of pneumonia in Stockholm. Besides being an outstanding mathematician, Kovalev Skaya is also an excellent writer and social activist. She wrote a drama "Fighting for Happiness" and a novella "Female Nihilist", describing the harsh social and political problems at that time. Her essays, poems and academic papers are widely circulated.
Sophie Kovalev Skaya won many "firsts" in her life: she was the first woman in history to get a doctorate in mathematics, the first woman mathematician to get the title of academician of the Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to become the first professor of mathematics in the world except Italy. She made outstanding contributions to mathematics.
The road of diligence
Mathematics is a powerful tool for human beings to understand and transform the world, and it is also a vast world where people with lofty ideals can fly freely. The footprint of mathematics covers every corner of society. Mathematicians' stories are as mysterious, moving and thought-provoking as mathematics itself.
Sophie Kovalev Skaya has a special affection for mathematics since she was a child, and she has great curiosity and strong thirst for knowledge. When she was 8 years old, her family moved to Politino Manor. Because she didn't bring enough wallpaper, her parents posted the calculus lecture notes written by the famous mathematician Osterloh Gradsky on the wall of her room. At that time, Sophie Kovalev Skaya often sat alone in front of the bedroom wall, staring at the wonderful numbers and mysterious symbols on the wallpaper for hours. Later, Sophie Kovalev Skaya wrote in her autobiography: "I often sit in front of that mysterious wall, trying to explain some words and find out the correct order of these pages. Through repeated reading, those strange formulas and even some expressions on the page left a deep impression on my mind, even though I didn't know anything about them at the time. "
Sophie Kovalev Skaya's grandfather and grandfather were both excellent mathematicians, which may help to form her mathematical talent, but her success is mainly due to her unremitting efforts. When she is studying mathematics, she is always very attentive and can quickly understand and master what the teacher says. Once, the math teacher asked Sophie Kovalev Skaya to repeat what she said last class. Sophie Kovalev Skaya did not follow the teacher's method, but changed her way of thinking. When she finished, the teacher immediately gave her a thumbs-up and praised her for being great. Thus, Sophie Kovalev Skaya is good at independent thinking and actively seeks her own way of thinking, which is very important for her future mathematical research.
Sophie Kovalev Skaya wanted to continue studying advanced mathematics after graduating from high school, but there was widespread contempt for women in Russia at that time, and women were not entitled to higher education. For Sophie Kovalev Skaya, the only way to further her studies is to study abroad. Sophie Kovalev Skaya told her family about her desire to study abroad, which was strongly opposed by her family. In order to fight for the right to go to college, Sophie Kovalev Skaya broke through all kinds of obstacles and finally got her wish to study at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and lived a tense and simple study life in a strange foreign city.
In the process of studying in Heidelberg University, in order to make greater progress, Sophie Kovalev Skaya went to the home of Professor Weisstras, a master mathematician who is known as the "father of modern analysis". The master of mathematics was moved by Sophie Kovalev Skaya's sincere attitude. After many tests, she accepted this studious female student with satisfaction. Under the careful guidance of Weisstras, Sophie Kovalev Skaya studied mathematics harder. After a period of study and practice, Sophie Kovalev Skaya wrote three important academic papers on mathematics. Soon, she successfully solved the problem of "Mathematical Water Demon" that puzzled mathematicians 100 years, and thus won the famous "Bow Award".
Sophie Kovalev Skaya won many honors in her life and made great contributions to the development of mathematics, but she was never complacent. Unfortunately, she caught a cold during a trip and was bedridden because she couldn't rest in time. Soon she died at the age of 4 1.
Public influence
In the most abstract field of mathematics in the scientific kingdom, a famous female mathematician is Russian Kovalev Skaya. The former Soviet Union (platoon 1, Soviet Union 195 1) and Russia (platoon 2, Russia 1996) each issued a stamp for her.