Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win mathematics' Fields medal, dies at 40
by Associated Press in Stanford from on (#2WJ84)
- Stanford professor had suffered from breast cancer
- Prestigious Fields medal is considered maths' equivalent of the Nobel
Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields medal in mathematics, has died. She was 40.
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