4 Things You Should Know About Maryam Mirzakhani

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  • @hamish_todd
    @hamish_todd  6 років тому +426

    Regarding Maryam's religion.
    I want to say first that being an Iranian does *not* automatically mean you are a Muslim. Anybody who asserts this is going along with a damaging and simplifying stereotype. I would not do this myself. In preparation for this video I checked two websites and they both asserted she was a Muslim, and I saw no reason to conclude that she wasn't.
    This is an issue that people feel very passionate about, and I understand why. It awful that it is common, especially in Europe and the US, to blanketly expect that everyone from the Middle East (or even just people who look like they might be) is a Muslim. It is also awful that women in Iran, including Maryam when she was there, are forced to wear a hijab, just as every other way that the state religion constrains the lives of people who are not muslims - or who are muslims, but do not agree with that particular way of practising Islam.
    But some Iranian immigrants *are* muslims, and for Maryam: her memorial at Stanford[1] was commenced by a man who recites verses from the Koran, and her funeral was Islamic[5]; she was reported to be a muslim by the media in Iran where her family lives, and also by non-muslim outlets such as Psychology Today; she was raised in the faith, which we know from the comment by Kamyar ahmadi majlan below and the Harvard memorial[2].
    This circumstantial evidence is persuasive. To my knowledge there is no statement by her in either direction; the only interviews with her that I have read were about mathematics, as you might expect.
    To corroborate the idea that she renounced the faith she was raised in, some folks have pointed to the fact that she married a man who was a non-muslim non-Iranian, and to the fact that she did not always wear a headscarf. However, many muslim women do not wear headscarves[3], and more than 10% of muslim women in the US are married to men who are not muslims[4].
    [1] ua-cam.com/video/IUfB2HadIBw/v-deo.html
    [2] ua-cam.com/video/HUBnzTTQ5jk/v-deo.html
    [3] www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/religious-beliefs-and-practices/
    [4] www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/identity-assimilation-and-community/pf_2017-06-26_muslimamericans-02new-04/
    [5] www.wikiwand.com/en/Talk:Maryam_Mirzakhani

    • @roham1981
      @roham1981 6 років тому +57

      Hamish Todd im iranian and we are not muslim .they forced us to pretending to be a muslim
      We have never been muslim in our heart and we never will be
      We will throw out that disgusting religion from our country soon

    • @llllll58
      @llllll58 6 років тому +41

      roham naderi I'm Iranian, a real one. Not all of us are Muslims but the majority are Muslims. We don't like disgusting people like you who know nothing of Islam and foreign to our country. We will never throw our religion, it's in our heart.

    • @dastforush
      @dastforush 6 років тому +32

      roham naderi
      you are right.
      In my ID I'm Muslim but in my heart(actually my head) I'm Rationalism, same as Millions of Persians living in Iran/Persia.

    • @dastforush
      @dastforush 6 років тому +12

      Hamish Todd
      Bruh! just edit your video!

    • @ignatei
      @ignatei 6 років тому +29

      *Hamish Todd* All of the sources that assert she was a Moslem, do so by equating nationality and religious confession (they do not cite references of any kind). As you conceded, there is not a single statement by her where she claimed to be a professing Moslem. Also, those are all Islamic websites meant for proselytizing. Please note that, the majority of Iranians in diaspora (estimated ~70% of Iranian-Americans) do NOT self-identify as “Moslem”. This number is significantly higher when it comes to academics. I don’t think she “renounced her faith”, many Iranians simply don’t have much faith to start with-that’s the difference between Iranians and other Moslem nations.
      Here is the reason many Iranians feel passionate about this issue. They don’t like the fact that Moslems deliberately misinterpret biographical information on notable Iranians to push their own agenda (which has been catastrophic for Iranians, by the way). A very good example of this is the mathematician Omar Khayyam - clearly one of the greatest free-thinkers - yet Moslems (particularly mystics) have unaccountably pressed him into their service.
      The claims of the Iranian media cannot be considered as unbiased, objective evidence. The regime in Iran is a theocracy. Naturally they would want to capitalize on her achievements. Furthermore, if you are an apostate or sceptic, you cannot voice your opinion in Iran. All the dissidents in Iran still wear the headscarf anyway. Marrying a non-Moslem man is about as convincing as it gets, as it is strictly forbidden under Islam. Finally, I haven’t seen the footage of the imam in her memorial. If true, the deceased don’t have much of a choice on the matter. There were many staunch anti-Islam Iranians (e.g. Sadegh Hedayat in Paris) who were perforce given Islamic funerals.

  • @kahmadimajlan
    @kahmadimajlan 6 років тому +561

    As an Iranian physicist and one of her earlier-time friends , I really appreciate your video. Thanks for keeping her memories alive. I will share your videos.

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому +10

      Thank you very much. Can you confirm that I was right to describe her as a Muslim?

    • @kahmadimajlan
      @kahmadimajlan 6 років тому +49

      Hey, As far as I know, according to her birth certificate she was a Muslim ( that one I know for sure), but I do not think she was actively practicing any religion, but as you know these are some personal matters which I cannot respond with 100% certainty.

    • @hediyehb9082
      @hediyehb9082 6 років тому +7

      Hey there? Sampad or Sharif? anyway, my condolences. She was and is an inspiration. The impossible gold standard.

    • @TinaTr84
      @TinaTr84 5 років тому +15

      @@kahmadimajlan the Iranian birth certificate does not state one's religion. I know, I have one.

    • @TinaTr84
      @TinaTr84 5 років тому +11

      @@ignatei That's not true. Iranian birth certificates have *never* indicated the person's religion. Mine doesn't, my father's didn't, neither did my grandfather's. Don't spread misinformation.

  • @vahidmirkhani
    @vahidmirkhani 5 років тому +67

    Todd, thank you so much for explaining her achievements for us non-mathematicians.
    Extra Fact:
    Maryam was EXTREMELY humble and always thought she's not a genius, but with a normal mind. In fact, her friends and her B.S. adviser say she thought she was a bit slower than her peers.
    That's how down to Earth she was.
    God bless her. A beautiful mind and a wonderful soul.

  • @coolstar795
    @coolstar795 3 роки тому +63

    As an Iranian teenage girl, I admire her so much and she's my role model. She's so inspiring. And the fact that I go to the same highschool that she went make me more inspired😁

    • @exploitableflaws
      @exploitableflaws 2 роки тому +1

      you got this!!!

    • @infinite7970
      @infinite7970 Рік тому +1

      Awww
      موفق باشی

    • @peterkorpotkin6320
      @peterkorpotkin6320 Рік тому

      Live long and proser

    • @Pari991-y3o
      @Pari991-y3o 7 місяців тому

      You go girl.! I’m proud of all my Iranian allies.! Hope great things happened to u within these 2 years since ur comment.

  • @AC-qo8oq
    @AC-qo8oq 5 років тому +137

    As an Iranian woman, I’m very proud.

    • @Schmidtczech
      @Schmidtczech 5 років тому +12

      You are iranian 👌 iranian women are so smart 👍 only one woman get Fields Medal. She was iranian 🇮🇷 so sad that die so young..
      Hi from Czech Republic 🇨🇿👍

    • @amcmcmoor4554
      @amcmcmoor4554 5 років тому +2

      Why?

    • @theoneandonlyhere
      @theoneandonlyhere 5 років тому +14

      @@amcmcmoor4554 You've never been proud of someone or something?.

    • @garamiglm2026
      @garamiglm2026 5 років тому +5

      Iranian women are the best. To be the best at Math despite all the harsh conditions, as is portrayed in media, and contribute so much to mankind places Prof Maryam among the greatest people.. Respect to her from India.

    • @amcmcmoor4554
      @amcmcmoor4554 5 років тому

      @@theoneandonlyhere I asked why

  • @badrijohnson2791
    @badrijohnson2791 6 років тому +126

    Thank you so much for sharing Maryam's thoughts and achievements. When I was a Math teacher in Iran I used to talked about her to my students who were high school girls majoring
    in Math& Physics as an aspiration for them. I am so proud and feel sad to not having her anymore.

    • @scienceblossom6197
      @scienceblossom6197 5 років тому +8

      That's just a very normal mistake from a non-native Mr.English.

    • @barkli2978
      @barkli2978 5 років тому +6

      @dirt man aspiration (noun) : a hope or ambition for achieving something, asshole

    • @jasonh2469
      @jasonh2469 5 років тому +6

      @dirt man What a arrogant little toad u provided yourself to be 😂😂

    • @SMkururu96
      @SMkururu96 5 років тому +6

      @dirt man

    • @epain
      @epain 5 років тому +2

      @dirt man I don't see you speaking perfect Farsi. Like any language, English is hard!

  • @faisalirshad9403
    @faisalirshad9403 6 років тому +93

    Hi, I am from Pakistan I teach math and wanted to tell my kid and student what maryam did in math, and you explained it so well even my 9 yo can watch the video and get the point. respect and admiration your way!

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому +6

      Respect and admiration your way too!

    • @ibtsammalik853
      @ibtsammalik853 5 років тому +1

      with due respect in pakistan there is no concept of teaching it is told how to cram!
      i can only remember 2 to 3 name who made history in 72 year.

  • @samannouraie9208
    @samannouraie9208 6 років тому +136

    Now she is not just a person. She is science, She is history and she is an important piece of our awareness about universe. If it's not immortality then I wonder what it could be?

  • @devondevon4366
    @devondevon4366 5 років тому +47

    I remember Maryam. She was the first and only woman to win the Field Medal, the highest honor in mathematics (for mathematician under age of 40 ) , born in Iran. I think her husband is a math professor at Stanford , not certain , but she was . During her illness some in Iran asked the world to pray for her.
    In 1995 she represented Iran, in the International Math Olympiad (for secondary school students) , obtaining a perfect score of 42. She missed a perfect score in 1994 by one point scoring a 41 (out of 42). Some might ask why Andrew Wiles, who proved Fermat Last theorem , has not won the Field Medal . Well he was over 40 when he submitted his proof. Two years ago, however, he won the Abel Prize in mathematics at the age of 62 for that. Many believe that mathematicians past their prime in their mid thirties.
    Maryam is survived by her husband and her daughter. She was a brilliant mathematician, a great lost.

    • @Schmidtczech
      @Schmidtczech 5 років тому +5

      In 2008, Mirzakhani married Jan Vondrák, a Czech theoretical computer scientist and applied mathematician who currently is an associate professor at Stanford University.
      Iam Czech 👍
      🇮🇷❤🇨🇿

    • @Youcanthandleme759
      @Youcanthandleme759 Рік тому

      💋

  • @joramponi249
    @joramponi249 5 років тому +141

    What a nice example of worthy UA-cam. Nice job, thanks.

  • @hosseinrostami4711
    @hosseinrostami4711 5 років тому +14

    When she received the Field I could not contain myself. It was the first thing I discuss with my colleagues for a long time as if I had been the recipient.
    Maryem will never die and she lives forever through her mathematical abilities.
    RIP. Rohat Shad.
    .

  • @theghazalanisi
    @theghazalanisi 5 років тому +16

    Such a brilliant video, thank you for paying homage to her, a significant human being, intellect and extraordinaire. Very educational video

  • @scienceblossom6197
    @scienceblossom6197 5 років тому +34

    I really enjoyed watching a video about her achievements. Thanks.

  • @babakzamin
    @babakzamin 6 років тому +5

    As an Iranian, I want to thank you for preparing this video. It's sad that we lost her so soon.

  • @quantummath
    @quantummath 5 років тому +5

    When I entered Sharif University of Tehran she had just graduated the math department with great honour. She was somewhat an academic Rockstar. Just like many others who went through the math Olympiad track she also pursued her graduate studies in the top tier universities in the States. She has truly accomplished something that many tens of people cannot possibly accomplish combined. I hope her story would inspire future generations especially those back in my home country, Iran.

  • @aydagr3219
    @aydagr3219 5 років тому +5

    thank you very much! The world needs to watch this video. It is such a shame that the majority don't even recognize the brilliance of Maryam Mirzakhani's work. Thank you so much for this video.

  • @ruppedogg
    @ruppedogg 5 років тому +5

    Good stuff, Mr. Todd. Keep up the insightful, nuanced, and motivational videos. It is always tragic when humanity suffers a loss, and even more so when it is someone pushing our collective limits/achievements and understanding. I hope you are doodling, researching, and asking some awesome, in-depth questions wherever you are now, Mrs. Mirzakhani. Inspirational.

  • @sepidehematian412
    @sepidehematian412 6 років тому +152

    She is my hero! God bless her

    • @edikmkoyan
      @edikmkoyan 5 років тому

      Do you know if she is Armenian?

    • @Satrapamestris
      @Satrapamestris 4 роки тому

      @@edikmkoyan she was not.wdym

    • @Leperse85
      @Leperse85 4 роки тому +2

      She was Iranian

    • @GGD707
      @GGD707 Рік тому +1

      خانوم میزاخانی فوت شدند. برای شخصی که فوت شده در انگلیسی از این عبارتی که نوشتید god bless her استفاده نمیشه.این عبارت برای افراد زنده به کار میره. در مورد شخص درگذشته میتونید بگید Rest in peace

  • @nostalium
    @nostalium 5 років тому +24

    She was that one person that made me proud as an Iranian.

    • @Schmidtczech
      @Schmidtczech 5 років тому +1

      Iam proud be Czech 👍

    • @nostalium
      @nostalium 5 років тому +3

      Andrés Schmidt Uhmmm... Okay.

    • @nicollellanes1246
      @nicollellanes1246 4 роки тому +2

      You should always be proud of your culture, even if people misconstrue it to oblivion.

    • @nicollellanes1246
      @nicollellanes1246 4 роки тому

      @MHD 11 I understand. I am glad!

    • @azy537
      @azy537 4 роки тому

      Me too

  • @amirakbarian6829
    @amirakbarian6829 5 років тому +24

    Kudos for putting up this great video. Thanks!

  • @mortigus2878
    @mortigus2878 5 років тому +13

    nice of you to make this video. i hadn't heard of maryam until now

  • @jeezeuskreist6830
    @jeezeuskreist6830 5 років тому +2

    Iranian here: thanks for shedding light on the late Ms. Mirzakhani's contribution to math and humanity thru your cool vid's simplified images and footage in layman's terms..

  • @elamiri858
    @elamiri858 5 років тому +1

    She's going to inspire a whole generation of students in Iran especially female students.
    This was a very well-researched and interesting video, great job!

  • @saharahadi5065
    @saharahadi5065 5 років тому +13

    Proud of you Maryam. RIP. All of us always remember you and you are in all Iranian hearts. 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

    • @Schmidtczech
      @Schmidtczech 5 років тому +3

      I love Írán 🇮🇷 and iranians (mainly iranian women = are pretty,smart,educated, strong...)
      Hi from Czech Republic 🇨🇿

    • @hehe8948
      @hehe8948 4 роки тому +2

      Hi from India.... 🙏🇮🇳

  • @yaridejbakhsh3246
    @yaridejbakhsh3246 6 років тому +3

    Thank you for this beautiful tribute to a great mathematician. Unfortunately in our celebrity culture real heroes like Maryam Mirzakhani are often overlooked and forgotten. SAD!

  • @faraznsh1498
    @faraznsh1498 6 років тому +12

    Sir. I am honored. Thank you for making this video.

  • @ghasemahmadi3616
    @ghasemahmadi3616 6 років тому +6

    Please see the biography of Mr. Caucher Birkar , another Iraninan fields medal winner.
    He won the fields medal in math in 2018.
    He changed his name after moving to UK.

  • @Shahrokh.Mousavi
    @Shahrokh.Mousavi 5 років тому +1

    Como un Iraní, le agradezco por haber creado el vídeo sobre nuestra genio compatriota.
    ¡ Que Dios la bendiga !

  • @sanaaries9926
    @sanaaries9926 5 років тому +146

    Iran is country of silent geniuses 😓

    • @teddayer6523
      @teddayer6523 5 років тому +4

      Sana Aries there are loads of iranians(300) here in EPFL Switzerland. But because of that disgusting regime they are all going back to their misery.

    • @saeedvazirian
      @saeedvazirian 5 років тому +2

      @@teddayer6523 What disgusting regime? The same one that funds and supports them in Iran? The Iranian govt. puts an abysmal amount of encouragement and funding of scientific advancement, stop talking out of your ass.

    • @jhphotomum
      @jhphotomum 5 років тому +2

      True I love Iranian poems

    • @jora5483
      @jora5483 5 років тому +1

      @@saeedvazirian Seems investing on universities doesn't work as good as feeding brainless seminary students

    • @alibabaei5968
      @alibabaei5968 5 років тому +2

      @@saeedvazirian حرومزاده کس کش جیره خور مادر جنده

  • @navid7491
    @navid7491 6 років тому +6

    Thank you so much for the video! Loved it.

  • @CompCode-Central
    @CompCode-Central 4 роки тому +4

    Damn, this really made me cry as math lover and as an Iranian.

  • @nushinroshanioskui9619
    @nushinroshanioskui9619 6 років тому +52

    Rest in peace azizam. You will be in our hearts forever

  • @shahab09362835101
    @shahab09362835101 5 років тому +6

    it was a Tragedy to lost you maryam we are all proud to have to you as an iranian and as a scientist
    thanks for this amazing cast !

  • @smolbabycrow
    @smolbabycrow 4 роки тому +4

    Maryam is the aunt of my friend in school
    In my country Iran we have now the day of women as math I’m so proud :>

  • @ehsanta9858
    @ehsanta9858 6 років тому +176

    USA goverments Propaganda only say bad things about iran ..iranian culture and iranian ppl ...they dont say Maryam grow up in iran and she won the Gold Medal of the World Mathematical Olympiad in 1994 (Hong Kong) and 1995 (Canada) when she studying in iran ... ..they dont say iran has A brilliant historical background in science and mathematics .... not only maryam ..Caucher Birkar is 2nd Kurdish-Iranian mathematician won fields medal this year...birkar born in marivan in iran and studying in iran till 22 years old...maryam studying in iran till 22 years old too..they both got master's degree in mathematics from the Sharif university AND Tehran univercity in iran ....shame on fake Propaganda against iran ....

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому +12

      Thank you for this :)
      Just want to clarify, I am not US but UK, and this video was released two weeks before Birkar's fields medal was announced.

    • @ehsanta9858
      @ehsanta9858 6 років тому +12

      thanks you too ...sorry ..I did not mean that your video is part of American propaganda...you said 4 things about Maryam mirzakhani and i just wanted to say another things about her...i just thought not bad people in other countries know Maryam and many Scientists like her grow up in iran and Iranian culture has great respect for knowledge and science .. many people in usa or europ even dont know women can study in iran ...they dont know 57% of students in Iran's universities are women .. anway ..thanks for your video again... : )

    • @nedaaquarius1
      @nedaaquarius1 6 років тому +6

      Ehsan TA: That is sadly true

    • @ehsanta9858
      @ehsanta9858 6 років тому +14

      hmm..yes some People are dissatisfied with the regime in iran and sure iran regime not perfect..but do you know who is real terrorist ???who sell best modern weapons to saudi and support them for kill childs and women ..who support Al-Nusra Front in syria ...who made Al-Qaeda in afganistan an Isis in iraq... who sell Chemical and modern weapons to sadam hussein iraq criminal dictator for kill iranian 8 years and supported him ..who boycott other countries and bullying them over 40 years...pls dont believe everything FOX and CNN tell you ..Maryam mirzakhani said many ppl asked her in usa ..Can girls go to university in Iran??lollll realy what do you thing abt iran ??

    • @ARZAREH-uz8dc
      @ARZAREH-uz8dc 6 років тому +7

      Falsification... almost everybody who is born in Iran is labeled "Muslim". But many Iranians do NOT obey Arabic culture - Islam, as a religion. They are just born in a country that lables them Muslim from the first day that they are born.

  • @janschetters7720
    @janschetters7720 5 років тому +6

    I like the way you explain difficult things, Thanks a lot for these comments of you. I did not know this famous person,

  • @hamidforoughi
    @hamidforoughi 6 років тому +7

    This was great! thanks for doing this!

  • @mahsammdz9340
    @mahsammdz9340 5 років тому +11

    I cry everytime i think of her. Rest in peace my beautiful Maryam.

  • @caspian-6076
    @caspian-6076 6 років тому +14

    was brilliant of Iran , we will never forget you angel

  • @Hadistheunruly
    @Hadistheunruly 5 років тому +7

    Im really proud of her as an iranian😭😍

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 4 роки тому +5

    She finished with a perfect score in the 1995 International Math Olympiad.

  • @GeeveGeorge
    @GeeveGeorge 6 років тому +3

    It'd definitely be cool to see you cover other fields medal works, maybe visualizations of works by mathematicians or physicists. Visualizations like this teach a lot in a short time frame :)

  • @marmary5555
    @marmary5555 6 років тому +8

    *Islam has been forced on Iranians: first by the caliphates after the Sassanian defeat in the 7th-8th century and second time in 1979.*
    Between 1980-1988: thousands - if not Millions of Iranians - were brutally tortured and executed on orders of a "Sharia law" because of their secular political beliefs. Many of the survivors and the victim's families' organized a people's Tribunal called "Iran Tribunal" with the goal of documenting these savage events that followed the revolution of 1979. The islamic republic of Iran was doing exactly what Isis/Daesh/Al Qaeda is doing today.
    Mr Hamid Ashtari was one of the first post-revolutionary political prisoners:
    ua-cam.com/video/lSZqC2YofLg/v-deo.html
    He clearly states that in the summer of 1981, ANYONE who was opposed to the islamic republic was systematically executed and thus started a decade of brutal genocide of "koufars" (infidels). He was regularly interrogated.
    12:30 he explains how Ayatollah Guilani and Ayatollah Khomeini declared "fatwas" against dissidents and thus it became a religious matter.
    Mr Khoshzugh was one of these political prisoners who had witnessed 70 executions of Iranians who were against mullah + the islamic regime. He says he was forced to convert to Islam: ua-cam.com/video/9yTUbNXrsjc/v-deo.html
    (Jump to approximately 12:30 in the video when one of the Court judges asks him to explain in details exactly what he was asked to do under torture)

    • @user-fq7wr2vt5c
      @user-fq7wr2vt5c 4 роки тому +1

      correct but you have to also understand that today people have their own interpretations of islam for whatever reason. recent surveys and pollings have shown that majority of iranians dont identify as muslims in private. gamaan.org 's study is probably the most professional one. but there is that 30% of iranians who take this ugly religion and turn it into something mystical and philosophical like what old persian philosophers like rumi and others did. and we cant really blame them. they dont have a great understanding of the religion they havent actually researched it properly they just believe what they want to believe. it must've been the same in maryams' case.

  • @ToktamAlavi
    @ToktamAlavi 5 років тому +9

    rest in piece. so unfortunate to loose great scientists like her.

  • @mahdimirzaei345
    @mahdimirzaei345 5 років тому

    Thank you so much to share.
    I'm Iranian but I didn't know anything about her works. I just know she won the Prize.
    Appreciate it

  • @Kambiz.Mahdavi
    @Kambiz.Mahdavi 4 роки тому

    I'm proud of Maryam Mirzakhani as one of Iranian's people
    Tnx alot for making this video for her
    REST IN PEACE Maryam Mirzakhani

  • @reneebraxton1032
    @reneebraxton1032 4 роки тому +8

    She was a spectacular woman! Genius. Rest in peace.

  • @nikooadili8721
    @nikooadili8721 5 років тому +2

    Great Video. Thanks. Thanks for keeping her memories alive

  • @alvarezjulio3800
    @alvarezjulio3800 5 років тому +4

    Thank you for talking about this great mathematician woman.

  • @PejmanMan
    @PejmanMan 5 років тому +1

    Thanks a lot Hamish. Really appreciated this.

  • @huttarl
    @huttarl 2 роки тому +1

    This is a good and informative video. One unfortunate mistake is at 2:21 where it says that "her parents, being Muslims, almost missed her funeral, due to being unable to travel to the US due to the executive order you see here." But the executive order (13769) restricted travelers on the basis of their *country* of origin, not their religion. It affected only some 12% of the world's Muslims, and affected many travelers of other religions. There's plenty of criticism and debate over the motivations behind the order, but the way this video describes events is presenting a biased interpretation as fact. A more accurate statement would be "her parents, being *Iranians*, almost missed her funeral, due to..." The same executive order applied to Zoroastrians, Christians, atheists, and anyone else from Iran. Thankfully, the order also allowed for exceptions, as in this case.

  • @raminsepehr3101
    @raminsepehr3101 5 років тому +16

    I'm a Persian guy..
    Just wanted to say we have a lot of maryam's mirzakhani in Iran...
    But even they do not have a very ordinary life, even Iranian students do not have enough food to eat, whether it's free speech or freedom !! 😔😔😔😔

    • @nadersedaghat5694
      @nadersedaghat5694 5 років тому +1

      Persian? So you are from Persia? Tell me, where is Persia located?

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 5 років тому +2

      Sorry to hear that.
      Please stay strong.
      (*Sigh*)

    • @raminsepehr3101
      @raminsepehr3101 5 років тому +1

      @@nadersedaghat5694
      Jayi ke bedonya omadam o onidvaram hamonja ham khakam konan!! Iran jayi ke zano bache mardom ba goshnegi o teshnegi shabo rozo sar mikonam,jayi ke be nazare faghat(man) bahoshtarin adamharo dare vali.....😔😔😔😔

    • @raminsepehr3101
      @raminsepehr3101 5 років тому

      @@aperson2730
      How strong!? Or how long!? Or for what!? Or why!? Why we shouldn't living this crazy life better & easier!?!? 😔😔 we're absolutely strong ppl but bro we can't close our eyes!!
      Hope you doing well with ur life...👌😊

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 5 років тому

      @@raminsepehr3101 Things are going to get BETTER my friend. I KNOW that they will. 🙏

  • @elaherad2
    @elaherad2 5 років тому +1

    Sucha worthy video, THANK YOU. We, Iranian, are and will always be proud of her. RIP.

  • @danraad4054
    @danraad4054 4 роки тому +5

    Her work is more futuristic than we know in todays 3D world . Her formulas will be used more and more as we gradually expand 3D functions . Sad she left us so soon.

  • @stevehines7520
    @stevehines7520 3 роки тому

    can anyone offer the name of the computer program that was used in this video please!

  • @Mohammadparvazi
    @Mohammadparvazi Рік тому

    Thank you so much for this great video, greetings from Iran

  • @ashleyford3854
    @ashleyford3854 5 років тому +2

    a very good tribute to a great mathematician. I liked the comment that her daughter thought she was an artist. Great mathemetics is beauty

  • @ignatei
    @ignatei 6 років тому +19

    *Hamish Todd* All of the sources that assert she was a Moslem, do so by equating nationality and religious confession (they do not cite references of any kind). As you conceded, there is not a single statement by her where she claimed to be a professing Moslem. Also, those are all Islamic websites meant for proselytizing. Please note that, the majority of Iranians in diaspora (estimated ~70% of Iranian-Americans) do NOT self-identify as “Moslem”. This number is significantly higher when it comes to academics. I don’t think she “renounced her faith”, many Iranians simply don’t have much faith to start with-that’s the difference between Iranians and other Moslem nations.
    Here is the reason many Iranians feel passionate about this issue. They don’t like the fact that Moslems deliberately misinterpret biographical information on notable Iranians to push their own agenda (which has been catastrophic for Iranians, by the way). A very good example of this is the mathematician Omar Khayyam - clearly one of the greatest free-thinkers - yet Moslems (particularly mystics) have unaccountably pressed him into their service.
    The claims of the Iranian media cannot be considered as unbiased, objective evidence. The regime in Iran is a theocracy. Naturally they would want to capitalize on her achievements. Furthermore, if you are an apostate or sceptic, you cannot voice your opinion in Iran. All the dissidents in Iran still wear the headscarf anyway. Marrying a non-Moslem man is about as convincing as it gets, as it is strictly forbidden under Islam. Finally, I haven’t seen the footage of the imam in her memorial. If true, the deceased don’t have much of a choice on the matter. There were many staunch anti-Islam Iranians (e.g. Sadegh Hedayat in Paris) who were perforce given Islamic funerals.

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому

      Thank you for your polite and eloquent reply. I feel that most of it is already addressed in my pinned comment, though I will be adding more sources to it. This one regarding the marriage point for example www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/identity-assimilation-and-community/pf_2017-06-26_muslimamericans-02new-04/ and here is the Stanford memorial ua-cam.com/video/IUfB2HadIBw/v-deo.html - it seems a little unlikely, given she knew her death was coming for a long time, that the service will have been forced on her, so to speak.
      I apologise though, googling I have found out that the man who commences the memorial is not an imam. However, he is the founder Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, and his speech recites several verses from the Koran.
      "This number [of Iranian immigrants to the US who are not muslims] is significantly higher when it comes to academics" - I think this is mostly because academics are more likely to be dissidents, and dissidents are more motivated to leave their country of birth. But we have ample explanation of why Maryam left Iran - she was offered a PhD at one of the best mathematics departments in the world.

    • @ignatei
      @ignatei 6 років тому +10

      *Hamish Todd* Please note that Moslem men are allowed to marry non-Moslem women, while the converse of that is not permissible under Islamic doctrine... unless one is a non-practicing Moslem - in which case, why use a simple and value-laden label to describe them?
      The crux of the matter is that without her own statement, we are just pigeonholing based on very conjectural evidence. A particular problem with your analysis is lumping Iranians with other Moslem populations. The vast majority of Iranian diaspora are secular and/or do NOT self-identify as Moslem, and her lifestyle suggests she was no exception. Since there are no statements directly from herself elaborating her religious views (or lack thereof), this is simply not relevant enough to be mentioned.
      I think mentioning (let alone extrapolating) a scholar's religion is uncalled for unless religion was an important aspect of their life (this is the case with Georges Lemaître, for instance).
      As a side note: if she was indeed a believer, that would make her a Shia, a sect considered "heretic" by the doctrine of ~95% of Moslems worldwide. Also note that a scholar's beliefs are often something complex and nuanced and can't be summarized meaningfully by using a label like "Moslem", etc.

  • @ebrahimnajafi6863
    @ebrahimnajafi6863 5 років тому

    Thank you for simple explanation of her works. Did not know before this, and its a pity that we will no longer see the smiles.. Thanks for making this video.

  • @margaretwertheim2651
    @margaretwertheim2651 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for this beautiful tribute to MM. I'd only add that Emmy Noether was one of the great mathematicians of 20th C. She should have won a Fields too, though I think she died before they began.

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  5 років тому +1

      Thank you very much!
      I'm sorry, are you Margaret "crochet coral reef" Wertheim??? If so, I gave this lecture that cites your amazing work ua-cam.com/video/Tj8rLCVc21s/v-deo.html

  • @nadia1994ization
    @nadia1994ization 5 років тому +3

    Wow really enjoyed your video as an iranian thank you

  • @hediyehb9082
    @hediyehb9082 6 років тому +1

    Thank you! These visualizations were really missing. If we want to encourage people to become mathematicians, little boys and girls alike, prizes and flashlights and memorials won't be enough. We need to show how fun it was as well as brilliant. How she loved, how she thought, how she grew and what it meant for sciences and humanities. That walnut shape surface, those cool graphs, the complexity, and simplicity made me cry. As I am struggling in my profession to be excellent This was inspirational! Thank you again.

  • @soldier4007
    @soldier4007 5 років тому +2

    You are the source of inspiration for all women , We are proved of you
    Long live IRan - khurasan/afg -Tajikistan

  • @lacountess
    @lacountess 5 років тому

    Thank you for making this video. The world truly lost a treasure when it lost Maryam 😢

  • @halya1445
    @halya1445 6 років тому +4

    Very nice Video! could I use your software for a presentation in university? :)

  • @samanatamazhori3895
    @samanatamazhori3895 4 роки тому +2

    She is my hero , she is still alive in the memories and she will always be
    God bless her
    As an irainian and a woman I am so so proud

  • @2UMADINA
    @2UMADINA 5 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for bringing light to this

  • @Irysee
    @Irysee 4 роки тому +2

    What a coincidence that Maryam Mirzakhani was a "beautiful visualization" on her own! Forever Young!

  • @Darkscreenthunderstormandrain
    @Darkscreenthunderstormandrain 5 років тому +11

    Wow your a star mate thanks a lot i learnt a lot from this vid... ❤❤❤

  • @Holobrine
    @Holobrine 6 років тому +49

    Anyone else here from 3Blue1Brown's tweet?

  • @GeeveGeorge
    @GeeveGeorge 6 років тому

    Such a great video Hamish. Great visualizations, subbed and am looking forward to more inspirational and cool videos like these :)

  • @kevinamiri909
    @kevinamiri909 5 років тому +3

    Even if she was muslim, her brilliant talent in mathematics had nothing to do with Islam , we all know that at least she wasn’t religious

    • @afsane_nezhadi
      @afsane_nezhadi 5 місяців тому

      We Iranians aren't Muslim she even not believing Islam just like other Iranian people forcing bu Islamic regime government

  • @AhmedHamdy5
    @AhmedHamdy5 6 років тому +1

    please Hamish , tell me what is the software that you are using to demonstrate these objects . also if you provide your hardware machine specs , it will be nice.
    thanks

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому

      I wrote it myself I'm afraid!

    • @AhmedHamdy5
      @AhmedHamdy5 6 років тому

      okay , using what language and what software ? :D

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому +1

      Haha ok :D so I am standard on many things: I use javascript and the minimum necessary HTML for my language. I use git for version control, Sublime as my text editor, and chrome+chrome console for testing. I use the three.js api. I tend to avoid glsl.
      Here's (the subfolder within...) the repo with all the files except the "media files" like videos and pictures github.com/hamishtodd1/hamishtodd1.github.io/tree/master/zeimLight and you MIGHT want to get the commit called "recorded"

  • @mojtabafathi9329
    @mojtabafathi9329 6 років тому +11

    She was one of the best Iranian girl❤️❤️❤️

  • @rayan4928
    @rayan4928 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for the visualizations, they are great! What tool did you use to create them?

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  5 років тому

      This video was created using a platform I am developing myself which you can find here github.com/hamishtodd1/hamish... but it will not be remotely user friendly, even less so than 3blue1brown's manim!

  • @abbasghorbani1878
    @abbasghorbani1878 5 років тому

    thank you for this video. I proud of her and now I proud of your channel .

  • @sisishi6545
    @sisishi6545 6 років тому +3

    Hey it's an interesting channel! Well done!

  • @harishjain2612
    @harishjain2612 5 років тому +2

    She's a Legend. We're fortunate to have people like her on this speck in spacetime

  • @rr-kb2fj
    @rr-kb2fj 6 років тому

    Thanks for sharing this with us Mr Todd

  • @فلسفةحياة
    @فلسفةحياة 6 років тому

    thank you for the beautiful video please i want ask you if i want to become a math person what's the advices that you will advice me to achieve that and thank you infinitely

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому +1

      1. When you see interesting pieces of mathematics, try "playing around" with them yourself and see what you can discover :)
      2. UA-cam channels like 3blue1brown, Vi Hart, Mathologer and Tadashi's Toys are great, as are Martin Gardner's books - hope you enjoy them!
      3. Study mathematics at University and work hard. Try to do get good grades of course. But in your spare time, talk to your lecturers and try to do extra things - with help from them, together you can discover your own mathematical theorems and publish them!
      4. Do a master's and then a PhD
      It might be hard, but it can also be fun! Make sure you're having fun!

  • @niroomandgenius
    @niroomandgenius 6 років тому

    Hey!
    can you please tell me the of this software you worked with it in this video?
    Thank you

  • @koushikkumardey882
    @koushikkumardey882 5 років тому +1

    Great job man u earned yourself a subscriber 👍

  • @fatemechegini7036
    @fatemechegini7036 5 років тому +2

    my heart is full of proud and sadness about her. Thank u alot 4 sharing this video

  • @polymorphicprocrastination5345
    @polymorphicprocrastination5345 5 років тому +3

    How TF does the UA-cam algorithm knows I am interested about Maryam Mirzakhani, I was reading in the magazine an article about her a but I never searched online.

    • @wow1371
      @wow1371 5 років тому

      Mind reading

  • @pauranabdipour8228
    @pauranabdipour8228 5 років тому

    Thanks for hard work and also explaining what Maryam accomplished.

  • @unknownaccount8411
    @unknownaccount8411 3 роки тому +3

    Not all muslim women wear hijab , a simple look to any islamic Tv will show u that being muslim is enough to believe in Allab and prophet mohammed , Anousheh Ansari is another example of a strong muslim woman

  • @MsGnor
    @MsGnor 6 років тому

    Hamish, thanks for your tribute. Such a loss. Amazing lady, incredible brain!

  • @HarDiMonPetit
    @HarDiMonPetit 6 років тому

    Wonderful presentation, both scientific and humane ! Thank you

  • @jitterball
    @jitterball 6 років тому +9

    She wasn't a Muslim, she was born in a country with an Islamic government, where she had to wear the head scarf. The same government also issues birth certificates as Muslim. You might not care about this, but actually this is a pretty touchy subject for most Iranians. Also, with regard to funeral and "reciting from Quran", if you are Iranian and you die, unless you are within you own known religious group, your funeral ceremony will be an Islamic one by default, just like the birth certificate.
    Now, If she were a Muslim, she would've wore hijab, regardless of where she lived. If she were a Muslim, she wouldn't have continued her education by traveling to United States. If she were a Muslim, she wouldn't have married to a non-Muslim man (which she did).

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  6 років тому

      It was not a funeral in Iran, it was a memorial service in the United States

    • @Bonitta248
      @Bonitta248 5 років тому

      She was Moslem Listen to her father's speach... You will know

    • @a.hpourashraf6808
      @a.hpourashraf6808 5 років тому +3

      @@Bonitta248 she wasnt her father is . Just like my parents. And tho they know i hate religion specially islam they will still consider me muslim

    • @Bonitta248
      @Bonitta248 5 років тому

      @@a.hpourashraf6808 never the less she comes from Moslem famaily. In Iran WE have all Kind of relligions. She was Not from a Christian or Jewish famaily. I have heard her father and He is a beliver Muslim. Although IT IS Not relevant which Kind of belive she Had. She Had a good education. This is the pint. And She was humble

    • @a.hpourashraf6808
      @a.hpourashraf6808 5 років тому +2

      @@Bonitta248 yes im just saying it because radical people try to always score on their achievements . and if he had not mentioned the religion i wouldnt have talked about it .

  • @WildAnimalChannel
    @WildAnimalChannel 5 років тому

    Nice animations. Did you program them yourself?

  • @innerlight4601
    @innerlight4601 5 років тому +2

    God bless her soul and thank you for makind the video ,such ppl deserve to be remembered for ever ♥

  • @SageCog801-zl1ue
    @SageCog801-zl1ue 6 місяців тому

    Well explained given the difficulty in doing so without using canonical formalism language of the mathematician.
    If only you had worked out how that computer frazzle algorithm had a transfinite expansion coefficient that we can avoid.
    Maybe there ought to be a Yields medal for these warnings?

  • @nikodromikro
    @nikodromikro 5 років тому

    Whats the name of software you are using?

  • @robindabank565
    @robindabank565 5 років тому +2

    May she find peace in whatever she belived in.
    Religion is just a matter of identity, it is the purpose of her life that matters, her endeavours and the hardships she sustained through her life to achive her goals. Many other boys and girls of her age that claimed the gold medal prefered to study elctronic engineering or cp. But she followed what she loved and studeid maths, not worriying about her future like any other typical person in iran and therefore she became a legend.

  • @juanluisclaure6485
    @juanluisclaure6485 6 років тому

    a selly question perhaps, what fotware are you using is awesome to probe this hipotesis

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  5 років тому

      This video was created using a platform I am developing myself which you can find here github.com/hamishtodd1/hamish... but it will not be remotely user friendly, even less so than 3blue1brown's manim!

  • @kaitlineblen4724
    @kaitlineblen4724 4 роки тому

    Hi! I'm doing a research presentation on Maryam. What source did you use regarding your claim that her parents were almost unable to attend her funeral due to Trump's travel restrictions? Thank you!

    • @hamish_todd
      @hamish_todd  4 роки тому

      I believe it was mentioned in the Harvard memorial

  • @mehdikkhoshnevis2771
    @mehdikkhoshnevis2771 5 років тому +6

    THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO ,
    she will always be a GREAT IRANIAN WOMEN ,, ----------------being a Muslim has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with it , and in-fact one of the biggest stubbing block in her way to FREEDOM ..

    • @teddayer6523
      @teddayer6523 5 років тому

      Mehdi K Khoshnevis BRAVO100% agreed.
      As iranian borns, associating iranians with islam is insulting.
      Jews were in iran 1200 years before that plague infected iran. So if anything iran should be associated with Judaism and Zoroastrianism.

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 6 років тому +1

    She was a great spatial thinker and also very empirically creative.

  • @raymadani270
    @raymadani270 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for the brilliant presentation.

  • @isaacthani
    @isaacthani 5 років тому

    Great Video! What was the puzzle you referred to at 6:51 that she solved?

    • @isaacthani
      @isaacthani 5 років тому

      And the formula she came up with?