Queen of Mathematics
Maryam Mirzakhani, the Brightest Star of Female Mathematicians
Maryam Mirzakhani, the only woman to win a Fields Medal, died on July
14, 2017 at the age of 40. Nicknamed the “Queen of Mathematics,” Mirzakhani had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.
Mirzakhani
was a professor at Stanford University and a highly original
mathematician who made a host of striking contributions to geometry
and dynamical systems. Her work bridges several mathematical
disciplines—including hyperbolic geometry, complex analysis, topology,
and dynamics—and in return deeply influenced them all.
To
commemorate esteemed mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the American
Mathematical Society is pleased to announce The Maryam Mirzakhani
Lecture and The Maryam Mirzakhani Fund for The Next Generation. For
more information, please email Douglas Allen,
Director of Development or call him at (401) 455.4126.
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