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eppur_se_muova

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5. I have read it claimed that Noether's Theorem is the only famous theorem in mathematics that ...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2018, 11:51 PM

Sep 2018

... does not have an iconic equation associated with it.

Don't know if that's exactly true or not, but it's so interesting, it deserves to be true.

Pretty sure I first became aware of the importance of her work reading something by Feynman, an iconoclast in his own way.

Her academic situation famously led to the remark by Hilbert:

I do not see that the sex of the candidate is an argument against her admission as a Privatdozent. After all, the Senate is not a bath-house.

Hilbert-Courant (1984) by Constance Reid, p. 143

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Honoring the Mother of Modern Symmetry Mathematics, Emmy Noether. [View all] NNadir Sep 2018 OP

Bookmarking for later study. calimary Sep 2018 #1

i dont have the gene for math so this was doubly amazing to me...(cuz i had to read it twice)... samnsara Sep 2018 #2

It's an amazing story. byronius Sep 2018 #3

Amazing...thank you Docreed2003 Sep 2018 #4

I have read it claimed that Noether's Theorem is the only famous theorem in mathematics that ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2018 #5

I confess that I was completely unaware... NNadir Sep 2018 #6