Emmy Noether (1882-1935) was a German mathematician who helped to expand the study of abstract algebra in the early twentieth century. In this lesson, learn about her struggles to become a mathematician and the many contributions she made. Early Life and Education In Erlangen, Germany, around...
This book, written primarily for the young adult reader, tells the life story of Emmy Noether, the most important female mathematician of our time. Because no one expected her to grow into an important scientist, the records of her early life are sketchy. After all, it was assumed that she...
So, as ideas in physics go, they don’t come any more fundamental than Noether’s theorem. Sadly, Noether’s life after discovering the theorem wasn’t a happy one. She came from a Jewish family, and on the accession of the Nazis to power in Germany in 1933, her hard-won right to ...
4 3 The first period: until 1915 In the mathematical life of Emmy Noether we can distinguish four periods.6 In her first period she was residing in Erlangen, getting her mathematical education and working her way into abstract algebra guided by Ernst Fischer, and only occasionally visiting G¨...
In this paper, the life of Emmy Noether is reviewed in context of today's society where progress in social and educational equality for women have not significantly impacted the participation of women mathematician at the highest level of mathematics study. Recent studies have shown that there is...