Der Kowalewskaja-Kreisel | Mathewelten | ARTE

In 1852, the Prussian Academy of Sciences offered a prize for the solution to the "rotating rigid body problem." For years, there was no progress—until the Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya took up the challenge. One hundred years after Lagrange, she solved the gyroscope problem for a new case—and simultaneously proved that a general solution does not exist. #gyroscope #mathematics #mathworlds Available until October 10, 2028 Subscribe to ARTE's YouTube channel:    / artede   Follow us on social media: Facebook:   / arte.tv   Twitter:   / artede   Instagram:   / arte.tv