마리암 미르자카니

소개

마리암 미르자하니(페르시아어: مریم میرزاخانی Maryam Mirzākhāni IPA: [ˈmærjæm mirzɒˈxɒni], 1977년 5월 3일 ~ 2017년 7월 14일)는 이란의 수학자이다.

Maryam Mirzakhani was an 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, becoming the first woman to win the prize, as well as the first Iranian. The award committee cited her work in "the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces". Mirzakhani was considered a leading force in the fields of hyperbolic geometry, topology and dynamics.