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		cylinder on Aug 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2014 Fields Medals announced Mirzakhani is the first woman to ever win, which is even more notable than being the first Iranian.

eternalban on Aug 13, 2014 [–]

True. But now she takes her rightful place in a line reaching back to Omar Khayyam and earlier. Congratulations to Maryam Mirzakhani.

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