Maryam Mirzakhani

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Sharif_University_of_Technology
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Blumenthal_Award
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:Clay_Research_Award
gptkb:Salem_Prize
gptkb:Satter_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1977-05-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tehran,_Iran
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:children 1 daughter
gptkbp:deathDate 2017-07-14
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Stanford,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Curtis_McMullen
gptkbp:education BSc in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology
PhD in mathematics from Harvard University
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:geometry
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:hyperbolic_geometry
gptkb:Teichmüller_theory
dynamical systems
ergodic theory
gptkbp:firstBook first Iranian to win the Fields Medal
first woman to win the Fields Medal
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Google_Doodle_(2018)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maryam Mirzakhani
gptkbp:influenced mathematics community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Curtis_McMullen
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to Teichmüller theory
contributions to ergodic theory
contributions to hyperbolic geometry
pioneering work in moduli spaces
mathematical research in geometry and dynamical systems
gptkbp:language gptkb:Persian
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Iranian
gptkbp:notableWork Mirzakhani's theorem
work on dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces
work on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Simple_geodesics_and_Weil–Petersson_volumes_of_moduli_spaces_of_bordered_Riemann_surfaces
Ergodic theory of the moduli space of flat surfaces
Growth of the number of simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces
gptkbp:religion atheist
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jan_Vondrák
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3