Maryam Mirzakhani
玛丽亚姆·米尔扎哈尼
First Woman to Win the Fields Medal
“The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.”
“数学之美只向更有耐心的追随者展现。”
— Stanford memorial tribute
Biography
Maryam Mirzakhani grew up in Tehran and won two gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad as a teenager. In 2014, she became the first woman — and the first Iranian — to receive the Fields Medal, mathematics' highest honor, for her groundbreaking work on the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces. She died of breast cancer at age 40, but her legacy continues to inspire mathematicians worldwide.
玛丽亚姆·米尔扎哈尼在德黑兰长大，少年时在国际数学奥林匹克竞赛中获得两枚金牌。2014年，她因在黎曼曲面的动力学和几何学方面的开创性工作，成为第一位——也是第一位伊朗人——获得菲尔兹奖——数学最高荣誉的女性。她40岁因乳腺癌去世，但她的遗产继续激励着全世界的数学家。
Key Achievements
First woman to receive the Fields Medal (2014)
首位获得菲尔兹奖的女性（2014年）
Groundbreaking work on Riemann surfaces
在黎曼曲面方面的开创性工作
Won two gold medals at International Math Olympiad
国际数学奥林匹克竞赛两枚金牌
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Maryam Mirzakhani — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani
- Stanford News: Memorial — https://news.stanford.edu/
- Fields Medal citation, International Mathematical Union, 2014.
