Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi
A Scientist – A Professor – An Eminent Man
by Dr. Ali Afzalipour
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It is nearly 60 years that I know the deceaced Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi. Our familiarity and
friendship began when we were both 10 years old children and spent primary school in
Aghdasiyeh school. Later, this familiarity that led to a very profoud friendship and close
sincere cooperation whether at the time of studying in Tehran and Paris and whether at the
time of teaching in faculty of science in Tehran University and continued until the end of his
honourable life.
Perhaps it seems so since I have had very close sincere friendship and collaboration with
Hashtroudi, it is easy for me to speak about this great man. But his prominent and exceptional
personality and missing this so honourable friend and dear colleague that has made me
profound sorrow, is so hard for me. Nevertheless, I will attempt so far as I am able to write
a short of what I myself remember about this venerable scientist, sublime professor, pious
nobleman and of what I have heard from students, other colleagues, friends and relatives
about him.
As the title of this short essay shows, I want briefly to reminisce about Dr. Mohsen
Hashtroudi at first as a scientist and then as a professor and at the end as an eminent man.
Hashtroudi: Scientist
The deceased Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi studied a lot and read ver carefully and interestingly
any books in various fields of mathematics, physics and other scientific subjects and also
philosophical, art and literary books. It is interesting that he could read a thick book in two to
three days and came to know its contents in whatever subjects.
Meanwhile, like all scientists, his scientifical curiosity was so that he could not overlook
profound attention to any new problems in mathematics or physics or other subjects and even
their circumferential problems. The other interesting point is that he could have assimilated
their contents and prepared new problems for discussion and talk to academic colleagues or
students or others. Hence, Hashtroudi was familiar with many scientifical, philosophical,
art and litrary fields in particular various problems in mathematics and had sufficiently
proficiency in them.
With due attention to what was mentioned, it is not at all wonderful that Hashtroudi
propounded a scientifical, philosophical, art or litrary subject in the course about pure
mathemetics with his own specific delicacy, acuity and deep thoughts and talked and
discussed about it with students. Even when he conversed with his academic colleagues,
sometimes the continuation of discussion deviated from main route and interestingly
conclusions which were obtained from these talking, were more profound and worthful than it
was expected fron beginning.
The deceased Hashtroudi greatly cared always about new scientifical, philosophical, art and
litrary problems from youth and even in the last years of his worthful life and passing time
had not at all detracted from his own curiosity and inquisitiveness. Hence he was always
ready to talk and discuss about various fields of sciences and culture and had sufficient
conversance and proficiency in each of them.
Though (and since) the deceased Hashtroudi was himself one of the most worthwhile Iranian
scientists, he honored highly to great men and women in knowledge and scinece who are our
Iranian pride and honor all the world and reminisced thoroughly nicely about them. However,
just those who have sufficient provisions from knowledge, are well aware of dignity of former
scientists and esteem duly them.
In the end of this part should be added that Hashtroudi was a very mighty lecturer and in
addition to his proficiency to discussed subject he spoke with such ability that auditor was
attracted and fascinated from the beginning by the words of this great man.
Hashtroudi: Professor
Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi was an active strenuous professor. During his youth time and until
his physical ability allowed him, he always attended on time in the faculty and sometimes his
courses became lengthy three to four hours without no fatigue appeared in his lovely face.
In order that he persuaded students much more to acquire what he taught them and to oblige
them to find personally the solutions of problems, he went seldom to write on the blackboard
to solve problems and he made over the writing and following mathematical reasoning to one
of good students in the class.
His public lecture session was also so that his speech and words were utilizable for all
audiences even for those who had no acquaintance with mathematical and scientifical
arguments.
Hashtroudi had so expressive profound recitation and at the same time simple, unadorned,
comprehensible and apprehensible such that he could teach the most difficult scientific
subjects easily to students (or other audience). Hence, from the beginning students (or
audience) relied completely on him.
Hashtroudi almost never obligated and tied himself up completely to determine before a plan
in his courses and deviated by no means from it. Subjects and issues which he taught and
discussed, were function of time circumstance and in particular function of questions which
students asked probably at the beginning of courses.
In order that students learned and realized difficult scientifical parts better and more profound,
Hashtroudi used to ask a scientifical question in courses and asked students for its solutions. If
student did not know duly the answer of his question or even if student's answer was partially
satisfactory, Hashtroudi himself answered and explained correct and complete solutions at the
end of class.
Hashtroudi allowed students and even encouraged them to ask questions in any fields which
were compatible to academical curricula and dignity, and to discuss about them. Then he
himself followed that question and resolved difficulties which existed probably in that
question with his special own proficiency and professionality and supervised and guided
students.
Thus, students became acquainted in addition to mathematics with other fields of human
culture and knowledge and realized though the highest dignity in sciences which human
achieved, undoubtedly
appertains to mathematics, other fields also exist that have worth to know them and to discuss
about them and they are so useful and instructive. Hence,it is not at all surprising that more
than a half of Hashtroudi's courses spent to discussion about various scientific, philosophical,
art and litrary issues and subjects.
From what was said, it is evident that in Hashtroudi's courses students became sophisticated
scientific and cultural facts in our world in where we are living. The words that must be said
is what students learned from this great professor and noble man, heard from a few other
professors and teachers.
Hashtroudi: An Eminent Man
It can be right justified Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi as a real noble man. He was not only inwardly
a very noble and freeman but outwardly also a very decent and tidy professor. Certainly, this
factor impressed on others and in particular on students.
Since Dr. Hashtroudi had so delicate and profound sentiment and more significant than all he
was a man who behaved always extreme kindly all whether academical colleagues and friends
and whether students and others. Hence, though he was not always on complete welfare so far
as he could help everyone in particular students who were needy.
Professor Hashtroudi was aestheticist. With due attention to that mathematics is one of the
most beautiful (perhaps the most beautiful) manifestations of human culture, he could not be
non-mathematician. He realized completely extraordinary beauty of theorems, reasonings,
proofs and mathematical problems and hence indeed he made love mathematics.
Hashtroudi was a great mathematician. Since a man is a mathematician who realizes
wholeheartedly particular beauty of mathematics. He not only realized in the best manner this
interesting and complete extraordinary aspects of mathematics but also sensed it compeletly
and he enjoyed mathematics beauty and correlation and coordination among its various fields.
At the end of these words, I should add that Professor Dr. Mohsen Hashtroudi, in addition
to his scientific and cultural eminent, was a chaste, noble and honorable man who wore
his heart on his sleeves, in other words, he was honest and had this attractive and precious
characteristic (which is nowadays so infrequent and even unobtainable).
I enjoyed also like the other colleagues and friends greatly to speak and discuss with him and
I made myself the most of his companionship.
Alas that this honorable scientist, chaste and noble man does not live more. Peace be to his
departed spirit and May he be ever remembered.
Dr. Ali Afzalipour,
The Professor in mathematics Department in Tehran University,
the Permanent Member of Persian Language Academy
Tehran – October 1976
Translated by Fariba Elliee
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