Amalie Emmy Noether
Personal Information
Born: 1882
Died: 1935
Country of Birth: Germany
Nationality: German
Ethnicity: White
Education
University of Gottingen Astronomy & mathematics classes 1904; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg PhD Mathematics 1907
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics
Institution/Corporation: Bryn Mawr College
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1932 Ackerman-Teubner Memorial Award (with Emil Artin)
Achievements: German mathematician & creator of Noether's Theorem (conservation laws arise from the symmetries of a system)-a major breakthrough in quantum physics; invented field of abstract algebra; develpoed the theory of ideals in commutative ringsl made use of the ascending chain conditions & objects satisfying it are named Noetherian in her honor; published works on noncommutative algebras & hypercomplex numbers & united the representation theory of groups with the theory of modules & ideals; contributed to the development of Galois Theory; with Emil Artin, Richard Brauer & Helmut Hasse founded the theory of central simple algebra; in math her name has become an adjective
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