In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.
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Emmy Noether
German mathematician born in 1882 who revolutionized abstract algebra and proved Noether's theorem linking symmetry to conservation laws. Called the mother of abstract algebra, she overcame severe gender barriers in academia.
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