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The Mathematics of Sonya Kovalevskaya

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  1. Roger Cooke

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Childhood and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Biography: 1850–1874

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 3-21

    3. Partial Differential Equations

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 22-38

    4. Degenerate Abelian Integrals

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 39-65

    5. The Shape of Saturn’s Rings

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      Pages 66-82

  3. Mature Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Biography: 1875–1891

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 85-118

    3. The Lamé Equations

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 119-136

    4. The Euler Equations

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 137-164

    5. Bruns’ Theorem

      • Roger Cooke
      Pages 165-167

    6. Evaluations

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      Pages 168-182

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 183-236
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About this book

This book is the result of a decision taken in 1980 to begin studying the history of mathematics in the nineteenth century. I hoped by doing it to learn some­ thing of value about Kovalevskaya herself and about the mathematical world she inhabited. Having been trained as a mathematician, I also hoped to learn something about the proper approach to the history of the subject. The decision to begin the study with Kovalevskaya, apart from the intrinsic interest of Kovalevskaya herself, was primarily based upon the fact that the writing on her in English had been done by people who were interested in sociological and psychological aspects of her life. None of these writings discussed her mathematical work in much detail. This omission seemed to me a serious one in biographical studies of a woman whose primary significance was her mathematical work. In regard to both the content of nineteenth century mathematics and the nature of the history of mathematics I learned a great deal from writing this book. The attempt to put Kovalevskaya's work in historical context involved reading dozens of significant papers by great mathematicians. In many cases, I fear, the purport of these papers is better known to many of my readers than to me. If I persevered despite misgivings, my excuse is that this book is, after all, primarily about Kovalevskaya. If specialists in Euler, Cauchy, etc.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

    Roger Cooke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Mathematics of Sonya Kovalevskaya

  • Authors: Roger Cooke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5274-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96030-2

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9766-6

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5274-0

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 236

  • Topics: Language and Literature, Mathematics, general, Analysis

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