Colloquium: A Century of Noether's Theorem

Physics > History and Philosophy of Physics [Submitted on 6 Feb 2019 ( v1 ), last revised 9 Jul 2019 (this version, v2)] Title:Colloquium: A Century of Noether's Theorem View PDF Abstract:In the summer of 1918, Emmy Noether published the theorem that now bears her name, establishing a profound two-way connection between symmetries and conservation laws. The influence of this insight is pervasive in physics; it underlies all of our theories of the fundamental interactions and gives meaning to conservation laws that elevates them beyond useful empirical rules. Noether's papers, lectures, and personal interactions with students and colleagues drove the development of abstract algebra, establishing her in the pantheon of twentieth-century mathematicians. This essay traces her path from Erlangen through Göttingen to a brief but happy exile at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, illustrating the importance of "Noether's Theorem" for the way we think today. The text draws on a colloquium presented at Fermilab on 15 August 2018. Submission history From: Chris Quigg [ view email ] Wed, 6 Feb 2019 00:51:17 UTC (183 KB) [v1] [v2] Tue, 9 Jul 2019 18:15:15 UTC (183 KB) Current browse context: physics.hist-ph References & Citations export BibTeX citation Loading... Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) Papers with Code ( What is Papers with Code? ) ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Recommenders and Search Tools Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs .

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