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Amalie Emmy Noether

1882 - 1935
Mathematics
Germany German

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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