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by R. Cooke (Author) "Sophia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), whose mathematical works will be analyzed in the chapters which follow, is becoming increasingly well known as an early woman of..." (more)
Key Phrases: fictitious marriage, theta functions, new memoir, Acta Mathematica, Academy of Sciences, Comptes Rendus (more...)

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Hardcover: 234 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 12, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387960309
ISBN-13: 978-0387960302
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
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Sophia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), whose mathematical works will be analyzed in the chapters which follow, is becoming increasingly well known as an early woman of achievement. Read the first page

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fictitious marriage, theta functions, new memoir, inversion problem, generating curve, point fixe, optical axes, undetermined coefficients, wave surface

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Acta Mathematica, Academy of Sciences, Comptes Rendus, Julia Lermontova, Maxim Kovalevsky, Vasily Krukovsky, Crelle's Journal, Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert, Miss Smith, Institut Mittag-Leffler, King Oscar, University of Berlin, Bordin Prize, Hermann Amandus Schwarz, Tsar Alexander, University of Stockholm, Victor Jaclard, Theorie des Kreisels, University of Moscow

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Functional Analysis by Frigyes Riesz in Back Matter
Mathematical Perspectives: Essays on Mathematics and Its Historical Development by Joseph W. Dauben in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, June 1, 2003

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This is a great book, and a wonderful contribution to both the history of mathematics, and to the explanation of the very mathematics that Kovalevskaya has worked on. We need more such books. I wish Springer would re-issue it in paperback.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I (the author) think it's OK., November 2, 1997

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It would hardly be fair for me to review my own book. You need an impartial opinion, such as that of my mother, who unfortunately didn't live to see her son become an author; I think she would have liked it, however. As for me, I'm happy to find it's still available after 13 years!

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