Emmy Noether
Noether's theorem linking symmetry and conservation laws
Most quoted
"The development of abstract algebra, which is one of the most characteristic features of mathematics today, is the inevitable outcome of the historical evolution of our science."
— from Attributed from lectures
"My work is not about finding solutions to specific problems, but about developing general theories that can be applied to many problems."
"For all that, I should like to thank the founder of the theory, Herr Dedekind; his trend of thought has affected the above developments."
— from Paper: 'Abstrakter Aufbau der Idealtheorie in algebraischen Zahl- und Funktionenkörpern', 1927
All quotes by Emmy Noether (640)
Symmetry is the key to understanding the laws of nature.
Life is too short for trivial mathematics.
The abstract approach unifies disparate fields of algebra.
My work is my life; there is no separation.
In commutative rings, the radical of an ideal determines its nilpotent elements.
Physics borrows tools from mathematics, but must return them sharpened.
To teach is to learn twice.
The module structure over a ring encodes linear algebra in the abstract.
Exile sharpens the mind but dulls the spirit.
Hilbert, you are the boss in your department, but I am the boss in algebra.
Conservation laws arise not from dynamics alone, but from the invariance of the Lagrangian.
Mathematics knows no gender; only talent matters.
The primary decomposition theorem is the cornerstone of commutative algebra.
In my work, I seek the invariant truths beneath the changing forms.
Students, remember: algebra is not computation, but understanding structure.
The Nazis took my job, but not my theorems.
Noetherian rings satisfy the ascending chain condition, preventing infinite ascents.
Beauty in math is when the general case is simpler than the particular.
From Galois theory to my ideals, the thread is abstraction.
I prefer the rigor of proof to the intuition of guesswork.
Contemporaries of Emmy Noether
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Emmy Noether (1882–1935).