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)
The conductor ideal measures ramification.
America's openness mirrors math's universality.
Time translation invariance yields energy conservation.
Proofs are the soul's delight.
The socle of a module is its minimal heart.
Farewell, my friends; continue the work.
Abstract algebra liberates from numbers.
Gender bias? Ignore it; focus on facts.
The derived category unifies cohomology.
My heart beats for pure math.
Rotational symmetry conserves angular momentum.
In rings, idempotents split the unity.
Legacy is not fame, but influence.
The étale topology foreshadows my ideals.
Laughter defies oppression.
Flat modules preserve exactness.
Math's joy is in the discovery.
The Weyl group acts on weights.
My end comes, but theorems persist.
Principal ideal domains classify finitely generated modules.
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