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Professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the recipient of the 2014 Fields Medal, the top honor in mathematics. She was the first woman in the prize’s 80-year history to earn the distinction.Photo courtesy of Stanford News Service.

World Jul 15

Maryam Mirzakhani, groundbreaking mathematician and Fields Medal winner, dies at 40

By Omar Etman

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