https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06658-w
EDITORIAL 12 September 2018
Celebrate the mathematics of Emmy Noether
An algebra pioneer who faced discrimination deserves wider recognition on the
centenary of her namesake theorem
Noether’s expertise in symmetry led her to discover that the symmetries of a physical system are inextricably linked to physical quantities that are conserved, such as energy. These ideas became known as Noether’s theorem (E. Noether Nachr. d. Ges. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, Math.-phys. Kl. 1918, 235–257; 1918).