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Weekly Problem 16 - 2009

Stage: 3 Short Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Sophie Germain lived about $1831-1776=55$ years
Sonja Kowalevsky lived about $91-50=41$ years
Emmy Noether lived about $1935-1882=53$ years

So in order of lifetime, shortest-lived first:
Kowalevsky, Noether, Germain

This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.

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