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Arash Rastegar (born 1352, Tehran) is a mathematician, teacher, author and researcher, assistant professor and faculty member at the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences at Sharif University of Technology, and author of mathematics textbooks at elementary to high school. He is the author of more than thirty books in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, mathematical philosophy, philosophy of science and philosophy of religion.

Biography
Arash Rastegar was born in September 1973 in Tehran. In 1990, at the age of sixteen, he won a silver medal with the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad team at the International Mathematical Olympiad in China. At the age of 19, he obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology. He went on to study at Princeton University, where, under the supervision of Andrew Wiles, he received a doctorate in mathematics at the age of 24 and researched algebraic geometry and number theory. At the age of 25, he became an assistant professor and faculty member at Sharif University of Technology. Arash Rastegar is the first Olympian to return home after completing his studies abroad. He was the youngest person to become a faculty member of Sharif University of Technology with a doctorate degree. After returning to Iran, he became interested in mathematics education, mathematical philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion. He returned to Princeton University in 2014 and joined the Advanced Research Institute in Princeton in August 2016. In a video (albeit unofficial), Dr. Mehdi Golshani attributed his separation from Sharif University to a lack of promotion based on the production of articles, and criticized the dependence of faculty members on articles. He returned to Iran in July 2019 and worked again at Sanat Sharif University.

Mathematics Education
The activities of this mathematician and math instructor in the field of mathematics education are as follows: In 2001, under his supervision, the first guide document of Iran's mathematics curriculum in elementary to high school was compiled by several mathematicians, math, education and math teachers. Became the reference for subsequent documents. He has authored several mathematics textbooks at the Office of Textbooks, Research and Planning Organization at elementary to high school. Primary school textbooks are still on display until his guidance. The circulation of mathematics textbooks, of which he was one of the authors, is more than sixty million copies. He has been a member of the Mathematics Department of the Office of Textbook Writing, the Research and Planning Organization, and the head of the Mathematics Department of the Office of Compilation, as well as a member of the Mathematical Olympiad Committee and head of the Mathematics Department at the Young Scholars Club. He has been the head of the national team of the Iranian Mathematical Olympiad for 10 years.

Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mathematics
The philosopher of science and the philosopher of mathematics is currently working as a faculty member of Sharif University of Technology (Faculty of Mathematics) and a visiting professor in the Department of Philosophy of Science at the University. His philosophical books can be. He called "mathematical thought in the context of the history of civilization" and "philosophy of time", "Islamic approach to philosophy of science", "anthropological entry into the philosophy of science and philosophy of education", "interpretation in mathematics and natural sciences". He is also the author of articles on mathematical philosophy and philosophy of science.

Education and Anthropology
The activities of this educator in the field of education are as follows: He was a member of the central executive staff of the Shahab project (identification and guidance of top talents) in the Ministry of Education, and a member of the central executive committee of the scientific-friendly project at the National Elite Foundation. In order to identify and guide the elite and top talents in the Ministry of Education, he has made nearly 50 provincial trips to the deprived provinces of the country. His books on education include "Anthropological Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and the Philosophy of Education" and "An Introduction to the Education of the Elites." Every year, more than 6 million elementary school students learn math from textbooks written by them.

Mysticism and Interpretation
Arash Rastegar is also interested in mysticism and interpretation of the Qur'an. While a student at Princeton University, he authored a commentary on Surah Hamad in English and a mystical novel, "We Walked Towards Him." He is writing a collection of mystical treatises and two unfinished interpretations of the Holy Quran, which are available on his personal website.