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Celebrating Women in Mathematics

We celebrate the international day for Women in Mathematics (May 12, in memory of Fields Medal winner Maryam Mirzakhani) with an event at the Department of Mathematics on May 3rd.

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A. Zanna

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Celebrating Women in Mathematics 3. mai

We celebrate the international day for Women in Mathematics (May 12) with the event "Celebrating Women in Mathematics" on May 3rd. The program is in two parts, allowing for digital participation (zoom) for part 1. The zoom link will be sent the day before the event.

The event is in english.

Please register here: Celebrating Women in Mathematics

Part 1:

13:00	Welcome and short introduction on May 12 and Maryam Mirzakhani, by Head of Department Antonella Zanna
13:15	Short movie "Alicia Boole in the land of polytopes" (11 min) and talk by Hans Munthe-Kaas
14:00	Break
14:15	Short movie "Kovalevskaya’s spinning top" (11 min) and talk by Irina Markina
15:00	Break

Part 2:

15:15	Movie and popcorn: "Hidden figures" (2h)
17:30	Light serving and sosial activities

The event is sponsored by the Math Department and the Trond Mohn Research Foundation

Event

03.05.2024 - 13.00–19.00

Matematisk institutt, Realfagbygget (Lunsjrommet + Delta, 4. et.)

Antonella Zanna Munthe-Kaas

Registration deadline

29.04.2024 - 23.45

Celebrating Women in Mathematics

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Om May 12

May 12th, 1977, is the birthdate of Maryam Mirzakhani.

In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.

Mirzakhani became thus the first woman, and the first Iranian, to be recognised for her mathematical achievements by this top mathematical prize.

She died tragically from cancer in 2017 at the early age of 40.

12th May, her birthday, was chosen to celebrate Women in Mathematics in her memory.

23.04.2024