Mohsen Hashtroodi
Iranian mathematician (1907–1976)
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Mohsen Hashtroodi (محسن هشترودی; also transliterated Hachtroudi or Hashtroudi) was an Iranian mathematician, public intellectual, and popular lecturer. A student of Élie Cartan, he worked in differential geometry; his doctoral work led to what is now called the Hachtroudi connection.[1][2]
Mohsen Hashtroodi | |
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| محسن هشترودی | |
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| Born | 12 January 1907 Tabriz, Iran |
| Died | 4 September 1976 (aged 69) Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Paris (Sorbonne) |
| Known for | Hachtroudi connection |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Differential geometry |
| Institutions | University of Tehran; University of Tabriz; Institute for Advanced Study |
| Doctoral advisor | Élie Cartan |
Life
Hashtroodi was born in Tabriz on 12 January 1907, received his primary education there, and moved to Tehran where he completed secondary school at the Dār al-Fonūn in 1925.[1] He subsequently went to France on a government scholarship to study mathematics at the Sorbonne, earning a licence (1935) and a doctorat d’État (1937) under Élie Cartan.[1] His thesis, Les espaces d’éléments à connexion projective normale, was published by Hermann (Actualités scientifiques et industrielles, no. 505) and is available online.[3][4][5][6]
Back in Iran he taught at Dānešsarā-ye ʿāli and the University of Tehran (professor, 1941). He later served as president of the University of Tabriz (1951) and as dean of science at the University of Tehran (1957).[1]
He was a member at the Institute for Advanced Study (School of Mathematics), Princeton, in October–December 1951.[7] He attended several International Congresses of Mathematicians, including 1950 (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1954 (Amsterdam), and 1958 (Edinburgh).[8][9][10]
Hashtroodi married Robāb Modiri in 1944; they had three children (Faranak, Faribā, and Ramin). He died in Tehran on 4 September 1976 and is buried at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran.[11]
Selected works
Legacy
The Iranian Mathematical Society awards the Hashtroudi Award in geometry and topology in his honour.[12]