Maryam Mirzakhani
- Category : 1977-births
- Type : MS
- Profile : 5/2 - Heretical / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (43,62)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Incarnation 1
Biography
Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.
On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics. Thus, she became both the first woman and the first Iranian to be honored with the award. The award committee cited her work in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces".
On 14 July 2017, Mirzakhani died of breast cancer at the age of 40.
