Iranian professor becomes first woman in history to win world’s most prestigious maths prize

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Oliver Wheaton - Metro News


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As A-level results day fills thousands of teenagers across the country with dread, one woman will certainly be celebrating – probably because she has just won the world’s most prestigious maths prize.

Professor Maryam Mirzakhani, a mathematics professor at Stanford University in California has become the first woman in history to be awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, South Korea (which we imagine is one hell of a party).

The 37-year-old’s story actually resembles that of fictional maths genius Will Hunting, from the film Good Will Hunting staring Matt Damon and the late Robin Williams.

Originally from Tehran, Iran, Ms Mirzakhani lived through the Iran-Iraq war as a young girl while discovering her love of mathematics.

She rose from her humble beginnings and eventually managed to study at Harvard, where her professor, previous Fields Medal winner Curtis McMullen, noticed her genius and agreed to mentor her.

What is the secret to her success? Ms Mirzakhani says: ‘I don’t get easily disappointed, I’m quite confident, in some sense.’

So, all you joyous students celebrating that A you got in Maths today, stop jumping around and take a bow to Maryam Mirzakhani.

(Just kidding – congratulations everyone who did well in their A-levels!)


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[Hugh_Janus]

she should die because muz-lum :hand:

[Goofy]

Maths is no place for a woman, claim Pi and the square root of two

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Playing with fire

WORKING with complex numbers is tough, dirty and should only be done by men, according to some of the universe’s leading mathematical constants.

As Professor Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal for mathematics, constants including Pi, e and the square root of two said ‘lady maths’ could undermine discipline, reverse linear time and turn circles into oblongs.

Pi, also known as π, said: “I’m very heavy. If a woman tries to lift me she could drop me and then all the circles will have no idea what area they cover and will immediately collapse in on themselves.

“How are you going to get to work without circles?”

e, the exponential growth constant, added: “Women get very emotional when confronted with the concept of exponential growth. Whereas a man would have none of it, a woman will panic and before you know it absolutely everything in the universe is far too big.”

And the square root of two said: “I was invented by Pythagoras, not Mrs Pythagoras. She brought him lots of soup while he was inventing me and for that she deserves a huge amount of credit.

“But Pythagoras always made sure he never left me alone with her in case she tried to ‘improve’ me.

“And thank goodness otherwise he would never have discovered two, and without two you’re a bit fucked.”

[perrhaps]

Maths is no place for a woman, claim Pi and the square root of two

http://i.imgur.com/C3nEL4n.jpg
Playing with fire

WORKING with complex numbers is tough, dirty and should only be done by men, according to some of the universe’s leading mathematical constants.

As Professor Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal for mathematics, constants including Pi, e and the square root of two said ‘lady maths’ could undermine discipline, reverse linear time and turn circles into oblongs.

Pi, also known as π, said: “I’m very heavy. If a woman tries to lift me she could drop me and then all the circles will have no idea what area they cover and will immediately collapse in on themselves.

“How are you going to get to work without circles?”

e, the exponential growth constant, added: “Women get very emotional when confronted with the concept of exponential growth. Whereas a man would have none of it, a woman will panic and before you know it absolutely everything in the universe is far too big.”

And the square root of two said: “I was invented by Pythagoras, not Mrs Pythagoras. She brought him lots of soup while he was inventing me and for that she deserves a huge amount of credit.

“But Pythagoras always made sure he never left me alone with her in case she tried to ‘improve’ me.

“And thank goodness otherwise he would never have discovered two, and without two you’re a bit fucked.”
Isn't it Lance who loves pi?