Emmy Noether (1882-1935) was one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th
century. The development of abstract algebra, which is one of the most distinctive
innovations of 20th century mathematics, can largely be traced back to her - in her
published papers, lectures and her personal influence on her contemporaries. By now
her contributions have become so thoroughly absorbed into our mathematical culture
that only rarely are they specifically attributed to her. This book presents an extensive
collection of her work. Albert Einstein wrote in a letter to the New York Times of May
1st, 1935: "In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fräulein
Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced
since the higher education of women began. In the realm of algebra, in which the
most gifted mathematicians have been busy for centuries, she discovered methods
which have proved of enormous importance in the development of the present-day
younger generation of mathematicians."