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10.29003/m4745.0514-7468.2025_47_3/414-425

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Nikitina, O.A.

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Sofia Kovalevskaya, Nikolay Zhukovsky, history of science, aerodynamics, epistolary sources.

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Nikitina, O.A., “On the influence of the first female professor of mathematics S.V. Kovalevskaya on the scientific activity of the «father of Russian aviation» N.E. Zhukovsky”, Zhizn Zemli [Life of the Earth] 47, no 3, 414–425 (2025) (in Russ., abstr. in Engl.). DOI: 10.29003/m4745.0514-7468.2025_47_3/414-425.

On the influence of the first female professor of mathematics S.V. Kovalevskaya on the scientific activity of “the father of Russian aviation” N.E. Zhukovsky

The article considers the origins, nature and results of influence exerted by the famous Russian female mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) on her contemporary – Professor Nikolai Zhukovsky (1847–1921), who was an outstanding scientist in the field of mechanics and went down in history as the «father of Russian aviation». The circumstances of Professor Zhukovsky’s acquaintance with Sofia Kovalevskaya are analyzed. Based on the results of the content analysis of the epistolary heritage of S. Kovalevskaya and N. Zhukovsky, a conclusion was made about the absence of regular communication between these scientists through correspondence, despite N. Zhukovsky’s interest in the issues previously studied by S. Kovalevskaya. N. Zhukovsky’s contribution to the solution of the problem of motion of a heavy rigid body around a fixed point is analyzed, his original method used in his works on this subject is revealed. Few examples are given of N. Zhukovsky’s interest in solving other issues related to S. Kovalevskaya’s scientific interests. This article was prepared for the 175th anniversary of Sofia Kovalevskaya’s birth. Sources stored in the archival funds of the Scientific Memorial Museum of Professor Zhukovsky were used.

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References

  1. Allakhverdyan, A.G., “Formation and development of interest to education: the influence of the family environment and the Petersburg mentor A.N. Strannolyubsky (to the 170th anniversary of S.V. Kovalevskaya’s birth)”, Problems of the activities of scientists and research teams 6, 8–21 (2020) (in Russian).
  2. Allakhverdyan, A.G., “Fictitious marriage as a sacrificial path to the intellectual freedom for women (Based on Sofia Kovalevskaya’s biography)”, Problems of the activities of scientists and research teams 7, 32–41 (2021) (in Russian).
  3. Afanasyeva, Yu.Yu., “Fictitious marriage as a cultural phenomenon in Russia in the 19th century”, Bull. of TSPU 5, 64–68 (2018) (in Russian).
  4. Bogdanov, A.N., “Mechanicians. 100 years without N.E. Zhukovsky”, Bull. of the RAS 92 (1), 23–34 (2022) (in Russian).
  5. Golubev, V.V., Nicolai E. Zhukovsky (Moscow: Bureau of New Technology, 1941) (in Russian).
  6. Golubev, V.V., Sergey A. Chaplygin (Moscow: Bureau of New Technology, 1947) (in Russian).
  7. Grigorieva, V.V., “Multifaceted life and creativity of S. Kovalevskaya – professor at Stockholm university: For the 130th anniversary of promoting S. Kovalevskaya to the rank of Professor of Mathematics at Stockholm university”, Bull. of Pskov SU. Series: Natural and Physical-Mathematical Sciences 6, 69–84 (2015) (in Russian).
  8. Gumilevsky, L.I., Chaplygin (Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya, 1969) (in Russian).
  9. Dombrovskaya, E.A., Nikolay E. Zhukovsky. 1847–1921. Memoirs and materials for biography (Moscow: Publishing department of TsAGI, 2007) (in Russian).
  10. Zhukovsky, N.E., “On S.V. Kovalevskaya’s works in applied mathematics”, Sofia V. Kovalevskaya (Moscow: University Printing House, 1891) (in Russian).
  11. Keldysh, M.V., “Scientific heritage of N.E. Zhukovsky”, Zhukovsky N.E. Life path and scientific heritage of the scientist (Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky, 2013) (in Russian).
  12. Kovalevskaya, S.V., Memories (Moscow: AST-Press, 2005) (in Russian).
  13. Kosmodemyansky, A.A., Nikolay E. Zhukovsky. 1847–1921 (Moscow: Nauka, 1984) (in Russian).
  14. Kochina, P.Ya., Memories (Moscow: Nauka, 1974) (in Russian).
  15. Kochukova, O.V., Kochukov, S.A., “Letters from S.V. Kovalevskaya’s friends and relatives to the Saratov Governor A.I. Kosich (1891)”, History and Archives 5 (1), 24–46 (2023) (in Russian).
  16. Krylov, S.V., “We were born to make a fairy tale come true. To the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force Engineering Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky”, Military History J. 11, 71–81 (2020) (in Russian).
  17. Kuznetsova, I.D., “Let’s forget about Saturn’s ring”, Bull. of MSU. Series 7. Philosophy 5, 96–114 (2005) (in Russian).
  18. Leibenzon, L.S., Nikolay E. Zhukovsky (Moscow, Leningrad: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1947) (in Russian).
  19. Makeyev, N.N., “Actual problem of the mechanics of 19th century (To the 120-year anniversary of publication of S.V. Kovalevskaya’s famous memoir)”, Bull. of PSNRU. Mathematics. Mechanics. Computer Science 3, 192–202 (2009) (in Russian).
  20. Chernyshev, S.L. (Ed.), N.E. Zhukovsky (Moscow: Nauka, 2007) (in Russian).
  21. Nikitina, O.A., “Experience of reconstruction of family relationships among the nobility at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries (on the basis of the epistolary sources belonged to Professor Zhukovsky)”, Historical J.: Scientific research 4, 113–133 (2024) (in Russian).
  22. Nikitina, O.A., “S.A. Chaplygin – a student and associate of professor N.E. Zhukovsky”, K.E. Tsiolkovsky: the key ideas and modern achievements in cosmonautics. Materials of the LIX Scientific Readings devoted to the development of K.E. Tsiolkovsky’s scientific heritage and ideas 1 (Kaluga: Eydos, 2024) (in Russian).
  23. Vavilov, S.I. (Ed.), S.V. Kovalevskaya. Memories and letters (Moscow: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1951) (in Russian).
  24. Semenkova, T.T., “Kovalevskaya Sofia Vasilyevna and Kovalevsky Maxim Maximovich”, Bull. of the Financial Academy 2, 59–70 (2000) (in Russian).
  25. Feoktistova, O.P., Chernysheva, I.N., “Sofia Kovalevskaya: a poet of mathematics”, Science and Education 7, 1–19 (2014) (in Russian).
  26. Yakovlev, V.I., “Nikolay E. Zhukovsky (1847–1921) (on the 175th anniversary of his birth and 100th anniversary of his death)”, Bull. of PSNRU 1, 29–37 (2022) (in Russian).
  27. Yakovlev, V.I., “Russian mechanicians and mathematicians of the second half of the 19th century”, Bull. of PSNRU. Mathematics. Mechanics. Computer Science 2, 76–90 (2020) (in Russian).