6244 /www/nrich/html/content/id/6244/ 1 2011-02-01T00:00:01 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><br></br> <p>Here are the dates of pivotal female three mathematicians: <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Germain.html">Sophie Germain</a> (French) 1776-1831, <a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kovalevskaya.html">Sonja Kowalevsky</a> (Russian) 1850-91, <a href="http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Noether_Emmy.html">Emmy Noether</a> (German) 1882-1935.</p> <p>Arrange them in order with the shortest-lived first.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you liked this problem, <a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1002">here is an NRICH task</a> which challenges you to use similar mathematical ideas.</p></mdoxml> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><br></br> Sophie Germain lived about $1831-1776=55$ years<br></br> Sonja Kowalevsky lived about $91-50=41$ years<br></br> Emmy Noether lived about $1935-1882=53$ years<br></br> <br></br> So in order of lifetime, shortest-lived first:<br></br> Kowalevsky, Noether, Germain<br></br></mdoxml> 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 Here are the dates of three mathematicians: Sophie Germain (French) 1776-1831, Sonja Kowalevsky (Russian) 1850-91, Emmy Noether (German) 1882-1935. Arrange them in order with the shortest-lived first. History and Philosophy of Mathematics Famous mathematicians Calculations and Numerical Methods Addition & subtraction