Stanfords Maryam Mirzakhani wins Fields Medal Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics – in recognition of her contributions to the understanding of the symmetry of curved surfaces. BY BJORN CAREY Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor of mathematics at Stanford, has been awarded the 2014 Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics. Mirzakhani is the first woman to win the prize, widely regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics, since it was established in 1936. Thanks to Minoush Badie for sharing a link.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:57:56 +0000
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