Maryam Mirzakhani
Iranian mathematician (1977–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی, pronounced [mæɾˈjæm miːɾzɑːxɑːˈniː]; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian[5][2] mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.[6][7] Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.[5] On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics,[8][9] becoming the first woman to win the prize, as well as the first Iranian.[10] The award committee cited her work in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces".[11]
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Born | (1977-05-12)12 May 1977[1] 22 Ordibehesht 1356[2] Tehran, Iran |
Died | 14 July 2017(2017-07-14) (aged 40) Stanford, California, U.S. |
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Children | 1 |
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Fields | Mathematics |
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Thesis | Simple geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and the volume of the moduli space of curves (2004) |
Doctoral advisor | Curtis T. McMullen[3] |
Other academic advisors | Siavash Shahshahani, Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian[4] |
On 14 July 2017, Mirzakhani died of breast cancer at the age of 40.[12]