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Emmy Noether: Historical Contexts

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Emmy Noether in Bryn Mawr

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“Algebra is fit enough to help us make discoveries, but not fit to bequeath them to posterity.” This sentiment, shared by many rigorous seventeenth century mathematicians, aptly characterizes the subservient place algebra held within mathematics for centuries. It is difficult to conceive even the most ardent nineteenth century champion of algebra suggesting that “algebra is the foundation and tool of all mathematics,” as Emmy Noether would do in 1931 [1].

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  1. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA

    Uta C. Merzbach

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Box 4348, Chicago, IL, 60680, USA

    Bhama Srinivasan

  2. Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences, Lunt Hall, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA

    Judith D. Sally

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Merzbach, U.C. (1983). Emmy Noether: Historical Contexts. In: Srinivasan, B., Sally, J.D. (eds) Emmy Noether in Bryn Mawr. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5547-5_12

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