Subject: Re: [HM] Emmy Noether
From: Colin McLarty (cxm7@po.cwru.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 16:30:58 EST
Is there any evidence that Einstein actually met Emmy Noether, or
even corresponded directly with her? He thought very well of her work on
differential invariants. But I think he knew of that work by correspondence
and talks with Klein.
I will mention that an extensive search of Math Reviews on-line
found nearly 80% of all references to Emmy Noether are references to this
work, on differential invariants and conservation laws, often by physicists.
Mathematicians are much slower to cite her. I believe mathematicians are
getting better though, as for example Eisenbud's COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA with
extensive comments on her influence.
Colin McLarty
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