Farideh Firoozbakht

Farideh Firoozbakht (1962 to 2019) was an Iranian mathematician known for a conjecture about the distribution of prime numbers. In 1982 she stated what is now called Firoozbakht's conjecture, which concerns the distribution of prime numbers. She first studied pharmacology and later turned to mathematics at the University of Isfahan, and she taught mathematics at Iranian universities, including the University of Isfahan. Her name is attached to a conjecture she stated rather than to a proof. Born in March 1962, she died in December 2019. Her biography in the sources consulted is brief, so little is recorded here beyond her studies, her teaching and the conjecture that carries her name.