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    How much do you know about Illustrious Women of Science?

    Which Russian mathematician, the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics in Europe, made important contributions to partial differential equations?

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    Sofia KovalevskayaCorrect
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    Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) was a brilliant mathematician and the first woman university professor in Europe.