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- In 1994, Mirzakhani and her best friend, Roya Beheshti — now a mathematician at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri — became the first women in the Iranian delegation to the International Mathematical Olympiad.
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[17] [18] Later in her life, she collaborated with friend, colleague, and Olympiad silver medalist, Roya Beheshti Zavareh (Persian: رؤیا بهشتی زواره), on their book 'Elementary Number Theory, Challenging Problems', (in Persian) which was published in 1999. [15]
Both Maryam Mirzakhani and her friend Roya Beheshti made the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad team in 1994. The international competition was held that year in Hong Kong and Mirzakhani scored 41 out of 42 and was awarded a gold medal.
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Aug 13, 2014 · In 1994, when Mirzakhani was 17, she and Beheshti made the Iranian math Olympiad team. Mirzakhani’s score on the Olympiad test earned her a gold medal.
Jun 8, 2020 · In 1994, Mirzakhani and her best friend, Roya Beheshti — now a mathematician at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri — became the first women in the Iranian delegation to the...
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Dec 28, 2017 · As a high school junior, she and her best friend, Roya Beheshti, became the first Iranian women to qualify for the International Mathematical Olympiad, and the next year, in 1995, Mirzakhani...
Sep 14, 2020 · During high school, Mirzakhani met her lifelong friend, Roya Beheshti Zavareh, who now teaches mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. The two girls approached the principal of...
