Emmy Noether: A Brief Biography

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Emmy Noether

Amalie Noether better known as Emmy was the daughter of Max and Ida Noether. She was born in Erlange, Germany on March 23, 1882. Some say that she was destined to be a mathematical genius, because her father Max Noether was a professor of math at University of Erlangen. Although, Emmy Noether was certified in French and English, and could have taught school girls, she wanted to study mathematics. In 1903, she began to audit math lectures at the University of Gottingen. After spending the winter there, she returned to the University of Erlangen in 1904, when women were finally allowed to be full students. With a dissertation on algebraic invariants, Noether received her Ph.D. in 1907 form Erlangen. Emmy Noether stayed at the university assisting her father, Max Noether for nearly 10 years. Since the University of Erlangen had a strict no women allowed to be a professor rule, Emmy Noether had to assist her father and work on her own research without pay.
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Klien and Hilbert wanted Nother’s knowledge to help define further an Einstein theory. Emmy Noether was offered to lecture at the University of Gottingen without pay, and could work under her own name, she accepted the offer. It took her three years before she was paid for her work and research. Emmy Noether was so passionate about mathematics and had a compassion for her students; which resulted in a following of students from all over the region, coined as the Noether’s boys. Many of Emmy’s students became major contributors in

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