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)
Curiosity is the engine of genius.
The Brauer group classifies central simple algebras.
Exile's pain fuels deeper insight.
Noether-Lasker decomposition resolves artinian modules.
Symmetry breaking explains the universe's asymmetry.
In my youth, I dreamed of invariants.
The end of the chain is the maximal ideal.
Teaching abroad renewed my spirit.
Mathematics and physics are twins.
Wit: When a proof fails, try the dual.
The torsion submodule measures deviation from freeness.
Life's greatest symmetry is balance.
My theorem is for all fields, not just physics.
Farewell to Europe; hello to new horizons.
The Hilbert syzygy theorem bounds resolutions.
In death, I find the ultimate invariance.
My methods are really methods of working and thinking; this is why they have crept in everywhere.
Mathematics is the study of structures.
Her work was a milestone in the development of modern algebra.
The theory of ideals is not only important for number theory, but also for algebraic geometry and the theory of functions.
Contemporaries of Emmy Noether
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