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		sasvari on Jan 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Emmy Noether Last year there was an interesting article about Emmy Noether in the NY Times [0]. Corresponding HN discussion [1]. [0] The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/emmy-noether-the-m... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3760447

zem on Jan 15, 2013 [–]

the really sad thing is i was aware (and appreciative) of noether's theorem for years before i learnt she was a woman. she was only ever referred to as "noether" in the textbooks.

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