Prof Mirzakhani is seen as an inspiration for young female mathematicians Maryam Mirzakhani ... up in post-revolutionary Iran and won two gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad ...

Less than an hour had passed since Birkar, a specialist in algebraic geometry, had been handed his 14-karat gold medal when ... In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani, from Iran, became the only female ...

Examine the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant ... woman and the first Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, often ...