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Sara Zahedi

Sara Zahedi is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sara Zahedi rather than just read about it. In short: Sara Zahedi (born 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian-Swedish mathematician who works in computational fluid dynamics and holds a professorship in numerical analysis at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. She is one of ten winners and the only female winner of the European Mathematical Society Prize for 2016 "for her outstanding research regarding the development and analysis of numerical algorithms for par…

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Reference excerpt

Sara Zahedi (born 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian-Swedish mathematician who works in computational fluid dynamics and holds a professorship in numerical analysis at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. She is one of ten winners and the only female winner of the European Mathematical Society Prize for 2016 "for her outstanding research regarding the development and analysis of numerical algorithms for partial differential equations with a focus on applications to problems with dynamically changing geometry". The topic of Zahedi's EMS Prize lecture was her recent research on the CutFEM method of solving fluid dynamics problems with changing boundary geometry, such as arise when simulating the dynamics of systems of two immiscible liquids. This method combines level set methods to represent the domain boundaries as cuts through an underlying uniform grid, together with numerical simulation techniques that can adapt to the complex geometries of grid cells cut by these boundaries. When Zahedi was ten years old, with her father having been killed by the regime after the Iranian Revolution, her mother sent her on her own as a refugee to Sweden, and only rejoined her some years later. She was drawn to mathematics in part because she understood mathematics better than the Swedish language, and to fluid mechanics because of its real-world applications. She earned a master's degree from KTH in 2006, and a doctorate in 2011; her dissertation, Numerical Methods for Fluid Interface Problems, was supervised by Gunilla Kreiss. After postdoctoral studies at Uppsala University, she returned to KTH as an assistant professor in 2014.

Selected publications Olsson, Elin; Kreiss, Gunilla; Zahedi, Sara (2007), "A conservative level set method for two phase flow. II", Journal of Computational Physics, 225 (1): 785–807, Bibcode:2007JCoPh.225..785O, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2006.12.027, MR 2346700. Hansbo, Peter; Larson, Mats G.; Zahedi, Sara (2014), "A cut finite element method for a Stokes interface problem", Applied Numerical Mathematics, 85: 90–114, arXiv:1205.5684, Bibcode:2014ApNM...85...90H, doi:10.1016/j.apnum.2014.06.009, MR 3239219, S2CID 119167194.

References

External links Home page Sara Zahedi publications indexed by Google Scholar Blood, oil, and water

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sara Zahedi

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sara Zahedi claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sara Zahedi before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sara Zahedi ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sara Zahedi

In research: Sara Zahedi appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sara Zahedi in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sara Zahedi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1981 births, 21st-century Swedish mathematicians, Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sara Zahedi outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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