Emmy Noether
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Job / Known for: Abstract algebra and theoretical physics
Left traces: Noether's theorem, Noetherian ring
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Date: 1882-03-23
Location: DE Erlangen, Bavaria, German Empire
Died
Date: 1935-04-14 (aged 53)
Resting place: US
Death Cause: Ovarian cyst
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Parent(s): Max Noether and Ida Amalia Kaufmann
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Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. She discovered Noether's First and Second Theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics. She was described by Pavel Alexandrov, Albert Einstein, Jean Dieudonné, Hermann Weyl and Norbert Wiener as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. As one of the leading mathematicians of her time, she developed theories of rings, fields, and algebras. In physics, Noether's theorem explains the connection between symmetry and conservation laws. Noether was born to a Jewish family in the Franconian town of Erlangen; her father was the mathematician Max Noether. She originally planned to teach French and English after passing the required examinations, but instead studied mathematics at the University of Erlangen, where her father lectured. After completing her doctorate in 1907 under the supervision of Paul Gordan, she worked at the Mathematical Institute of Erlangen without pay for seven years. At the time, women were largely excluded from academic positions. In 1915, she was invited by David Hilbert and Felix Klein to join the mathematics department at the University of Göttingen, a world-renowned center of mathematical research. The philosophical faculty objected, however, and she spent four years lecturing under Hilbert's name. Her habilitation was approved in 1919, allowing her to obtain the rank of Privatdozent. Noether remained a leading member of the Göttingen mathematics department until 1933; her students were sometimes called the "Noether boys". In 1924, Dutch mathematician B. L. van der Waerden joined her circle and soon became the leading expositor of Noether's ideas; her work was the foundation for the second volume of his influential 1931 textbook, Moderne Algebra. By the time of her plenary address at the 1932 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich, her algebraic acumen was recognized around the world. The following year, Germany's Nazi government dismissed Jews from university positions, and Noether moved to the United States to take up a position at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania where she taught, among others, doctoral and post-graduate women including Marie Johanna Weiss, Ruth Stauffer, Grace Shover Quinn and Olga Taussky-Todd. In 1935, Noether underwent surgery for an ovarian cyst and, despite signs of a recovery, died four days later at the age of 53. Her ashes are buried near Bryn Mawr's Library. She was honored by many mathematicians and physicists for her profound and original work. Albert Einstein called her "the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began". Her legacy continues to inspire new generations of mathematicians and scientists.
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