Beschreibung
Emmy Noether (1882-1935) was one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20thcentury. The development of abstract algebra, which is one of the most distinctiveinnovations of 20th century mathematics, can largely be traced back to her - in herpublished papers, lectures and her personal influence on her contemporaries. By nowher contributions have become so thoroughly absorbed into our mathematical culturethat only rarely are they specifically attributed to her. This book presents an extensivecollection of her work. Albert Einstein wrote in a letter to the New York Times of May1st, 1935: "In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, FräuleinNoether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far producedsince the higher education of women began. In the realm of algebra, in which themost gifted mathematicians have been busy for centuries, she discovered methodswhich have proved of enormous importance in the development of the present-dayyounger generation of mathematicians."