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Many who have never had an opportunity of knowing anymore about mathematics confound it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science.

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It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.

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Sofia Kovalevskaya

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Born: January 15, 1850
Died: February 10, 1891 (aged 41)
Bio: Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, born Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya, was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.

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