List of things named after Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether (1882–1935) was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. This article is dedicated to the things named after her achievements.
Mathematics
[edit]"Noetherian"
[edit]- Noetherian
- Noetherian group
- Noetherian module
- Noetherian ring
- Noetherian space
- Noetherian induction
- Noetherian scheme
Other
[edit]- "Noether boys", nickname for her doctoral students.
- Noether Lecture held every year, by the Association for Women in Mathematics.[1]
- Emmy Noether Campus, the building used by University of Siegen to house its mathematics and physics departments.[2]
- Emmy Noether Programme, operated by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).[3]
- A street in her hometown, Erlangen, has been named after Emmy Noether and her father, Max Noether.
- A street in Moosach, North-West Munich, has been named after her.
- Emmy Noether School, in Erlangen.[4]
- Emmy Noether High School Mathematics Days, series of high school workshops and competitions.[5]
- Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships, at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics[6]
- LMS Emmy Noether Fellowships, at the London Mathematical Society[7]
- The Emmy Noether Council, also at the Perimeter Institute.[8]
- The Emmy Noether Mathematics Institute in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel - jointly founded by the university, the German government and the Minerva Foundation.
- The Emmy Noether lectures (an annual series of distinguished lectures).[9]
- Emmy Nutter, the (fictional) physics professor in "The God Patent" by Ransom Stephens, is based on Emmy Noether.[10]
Astronomy
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- The crater Nöther on the far side of the Moon is named after her.
- The 7001 Noether asteroid also is named for her.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Introduction", Profiles of Women in Mathematics, The Emmy Noether Lectures, Association for Women in Mathematics, 2005, archived from the original on 23 May 2011, retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ Emmy-Noether-Campus, DE: Universität Siegen, retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Emmy Noether Programme: In Brief". Research Funding. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. n.d. Retrieved on 5 September 2008.
- ^ Noether 1987, p. 167.
- ^ "Emmy Noether Highschool Mathematics Day". www.math.ttu.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships - Perimeter Institute". www.perimeterinstitute.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "LMS Emmy Noether Fellowships". lms.ac.uk.
- ^ "Emmy Noether Council". Archived from the original on 2015-03-26.
- ^ "Emmy Noether Research Institute for Mathematics". u.cs.biu.ac.il. Archived from the original on 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ Stephens, Ransom, The God Patent, archived from the original on 2014-08-02, retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ Schmadel 2003, p. 570.
- ^ Blue, Jennifer. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. 25 July 2007. Retrieved on 13 April 2008.
Sources
[edit]- Noether, Gottfried E. (1987), Grinstein, L.S.; Campbell, P.J. (eds.), Women of Mathematics, New York: Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-24849-8
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th revised and enlarged ed.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3