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What other spelling of her last name did Kovalevskaya occasionally use in her academic publications?

  • Kowalevsky

  • Kowalski

  • Kowalska

  • Kovalenko

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Sofia Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician and scientist who made important contributions to the field of mechanics. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics from a European university, and she was also the first woman to be elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In her academic publications, she sometimes used the spelling "Kowalevsky" instead of "Kovalevskaya".
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