Mathematician:Maryam Mirzakhani
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Mathematician
Iranian mathematician notable for being the first female recipient of the Fields Medal.
Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded a Fields Medal in $\text {2014}$ at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, South Korea:
- For her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.
Nationality
Iranian
History
- Born: 3 May 1977 in Tehran, Iran
- Died: July 15, 2017
Publications
Also known as
Her name in Persian: مریم میرزاخانی