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On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 09:08, Erich Goldstein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Emmy Noether was a great mathematician at a time when women were not
> mathematicians. She taught and researched in mathematics in Germany before,
> during, and after World War I. She made huge contributions to abstract
> algebra, among other fields, and the Noetherian Ring is named for her (not
> for her father who was also a professor of mathematics.)

As well as "Noether's Theorem," an important statement of theoretical
physics that relates symmetries to conservation laws.

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