Emmy Noether was a German mathematician. This article lists the publications upon which her reputation is built (in part).
First epoch (1908–1919)
IndexThese Index numbers are used for cross-referencing in the "Classification and notes" column. The numbers are taken from the Brewer and Smith reference cited in the Bibliography, pp. 175–177. Year Title and English translationThe translations shown in black are taken from the Kimberling source. Unofficial translations are given in purple font. Journal, volume, pages Classification and notes 1 1907 Über die Bildung des Formensystems der ternären biquadratischen Form On Complete Systems of Invariants for Ternary Biquadratic Forms Sitzung Berichte der Physikal.-mediz. Sozietät in Erlangen, 39, 176–179 Algebraic invariants. Preliminary 4-page report on her dissertation results. 2 1908 Über die Bildung des Formensystems der ternären biquadratischen Form On Complete Systems of Invariants for Ternary Biquadratic Forms Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 134, 23–90 + 2 tables Algebraic invariants. Main description of her dissertation, including 331 explicitly calculated ternary invariants. 3 1910 Zur Invariantentheorie der Formen von n Variabeln On the Theory of Invariants for Forms of n Variables§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 19, 101–104 Algebraic invariants. Short communication describing the following paper. 4 1911 Zur Invariantentheorie der Formen von n Variabeln On the Theory of Invariants for Forms of n Variables§ Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 139, 118–154 Algebraic invariants. Extension of the formal algebraic-invariant methods to forms of an arbitrary number n of variables. Noether applied these results in her publications #8 and #16. 5 1913 Rationale Funktionenkörper Rational Function Fields§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 22, 316–319 Field theory. See the following paper. 6 1915 Körper und Systeme rationaler Funktionen Fields and Systems of Rational Functions Mathematische Annalen, 76, 161–191 Field theory. In this and the preceding paper, Noether investigates fields and systems of rational functions of n variables, and demonstrates that they have a rational basis. In this work, she combined then-recent work of Ernst Steinitz on fields, with the methods for proving finiteness developed by David Hilbert. The methods she developed in this paper appeared again in her publication #11 on the inverse Galois problem. 7 1915 Der Endlichkeitssatz der Invarianten endlicher Gruppen The Finiteness Theorem for Invariants of Finite Groups Mathematische Annalen, 77, 89–92 Group theory. Proof that the invariants of a finite group are themselves finite, following the methods of David Hilbert. 8 1915 Über ganze rationale Darstellung der Invarianten eines Systems von beliebig vielen Grundformen On an Integral Rational Representation of the Invariants of a System of Arbitrarily Many Basis Forms§ Mathematische Annalen, 77, 93–102 Applies her earlier work on n-forms.vdW, p. 102 9 1916 Die allgemeinsten Bereiche aus ganzen transzendenten Zahlen The Most General Domains of Completely Transcendental Numbers Mathematische Annalen, 77, 103–128 (corrig., 81, 30) 10 1916 Die Funktionalgleichungen der isomorphen Abbildung Functional Equations of the Isomorphic Mapping Mathematische Annalen, 77, 536–545 11 1918 Gleichungen mit vorgeschriebener Gruppe Equations with Prescribed Group Mathematische Annalen, 78, 221–229 (corrig., 81, 30) Galois theory. Important paper on the inverse Galois problem — as assessed by B. L. van der Waerden in 1935, her work was "the most significant contribution made by anyone so far" to this still-unsolved problem. 12 1918 Invarianten beliebiger Differentialausdrücke Invariants of Arbitrary Differential Expressions§ Nachrichten der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Math.-phys. Klasse, 1918, 38–44 Differential invariants. Introduces the concept of a reduced system, in which some differential invariants are reduced to algebraic invariants. 13 1918 Invariante Variationsprobleme Invariant Variation Problems Nachrichten der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Math.-phys. Klasse, 1918, 235–257 Differential invariants. Seminal paper introducing Noether's theorems, which allow differential invariants to be developed from symmetries in the calculus of variations. 14 1919 Die arithmetische Theorie der algebraischen Funktionen einer Veränderlichen in ihrer Beziehung zu den übrigen Theorien und zu der Zahlkörpertheorie The Arithmetic Theory of Algebraic Functions of One Variable in its Relationship to the Other Theories and to Number Field Theory§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 28 (Abt. 1), 182–203 15 1919 Die Endlichkeit des Systems der ganzzahligen Invarianten binärer Formen A Proof of Finiteness for Integral Binary Invariants Nachrichte der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Math.-phys. Klasse, 1919, 138–156 Algebraic invariants. Proof that the integral invariants of binary forms are themselves finite. Similar to publication #7, this paper is devoted to the research area of Hilbert. 16 1920 Zur Reihenentwicklung in der Formentheorie On Series Expansions in the Theory of Forms§ Mathematische Annalen, 81, 25–30 Another application of her work in publication #4 on the algebraic invariants of forms with n variables.
Second epoch (1920–1926)
In the second epoch, Noether turned her attention to the theory of rings. With her paper Moduln in nichtkommutativen Bereichen, insbesondere aus Differential- und Differenzenausdrücken, Hermann Weyl states, "It is here for the first time that the Emmy Noether appears whom we all know, and who changed the face of algebra by her work."
Index Year Title and English translation Journal, volume, pages Classification and notes 17 1920 Moduln in nichtkommutativen Bereichen, insbesondere aus Differential- und Differenzenausdrücken Modules in Non-commutative Domains, especially Those Composed of Differential and Difference Expressions§ Mathematische Zeitschrift, 8, 1–35 Ideals and modules. Written with W. Schmeidler. Seminal paper that introduces the concepts of left and right ideals, and develops various ideas of modules: direct sums and intersections, residue class modules and isomorphy of modules. First use of the exchange method for proving uniqueness, and first representation of modules as intersections obeying an ascending chain condition. 18 1921 Über eine Arbeit des im Kriege gefallenen K. Hentzelt zur Eliminationstheorie On a Work on Elimination Theory by K. Hentzelt, who Fell in the War§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 30 (Abt. 2), 101 Elimination theory. Preliminary report of the dissertation of Kurt Hentzelt, who died during World War I. The full description of Hentzelt's work came in publication #22. 19 1921 Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen The Theory of Ideals in Ring Domains§ Mathematische Annalen, 83, 24–66 Ideals. Considered by many mathematicians to be Noether's most important paper. In it, Noether shows the equivalence of the ascending chain condition with previous concepts such as Hilbert's theorem of a finite ideal basis. She also shows that any ideal that satisfies this condition can be represented as an intersection of primary ideals, which are a generalization of the einartiges Ideal defined by Richard Dedekind. Noether also defines irreducible ideals and proves four uniqueness theorems by the exchange method, as in publication #17. 20 1922 Ein algebraisches Kriterium für absolute Irreduzibilität An Algebraic Criterion for Absolute Irreducibility§ Mathematische Annalen, 85, 26–33 21 1922 Formale Variationsrechnung und Differentialinvarianten Formal Calculus of Variations and Differential Invariants§ Encyklopädie der math. Wiss., III, 3, E, 68–71 (in: R. Weitzenböck, Differentialinvarianten) 22 1923 Zur Theorie der Polynomideale und Resultanten On the Theory of Polynomial Ideals and Resultants§ Mathematische Annalen, 88, 53–79 Elimination theory. Based on the dissertation of Kurt Hentzelt, who died before this paper was presented. In this work, and in publications #24 and #25, Noether subsumes elimination theory within her general theory of ideals. 23 1923 Algebraische und Differentialinvarianten Algebraic and Differential Invariants§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 32, 177–184 24 1923 Eliminationstheorie und allgemeine Idealtheorie Elimination Theory and the General Ideal Theory§ Mathematische Annalen, 90, 229–261 Elimination theory. Based on the dissertation of Kurt Hentzelt, who died before this paper was presented. In this work, and in publications #24 and #25, Noether subsumes elimination theory within her general theory of ideals. 25 1924 Eliminationstheorie und Idealtheorie Elimination Theory and Ideal Theory§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 33, 116–120 Elimination theory. Based on the dissertation of Kurt Hentzelt, who died before this paper was presented. In this work, and in publications #24 and #25, Noether subsumes elimination theory within her general theory of ideals. She developed a final proof during a lecture in 1923/1924. When her colleague van der Waerden developed the same proof independently (but working from her publications), Noether allowed him to publish. 26 1924 Abstrakter Aufbau der Idealtheorie im algebraischen Zahlkörper Abstract Structure of the Theory of Ideals in Algebraic Number Fields§ Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 33, 102 27 1925 Hilbert Counts in the Theory of Ideals§ | Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 34 (Abt. 2), 101 || |- | 28 || 1926 || Ableitung der Elementarteilertheorie aus der Gruppentheorie] Derivation of the Theory of Elementary Divisors from Group Theory§ | Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 34 (Abt. 2), 104 || |- | 29 || 1925 || Gruppencharaktere und Idealtheorie Group Characters and the Theory of Ideals§ | Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 34 (Abt. 2), 144 || Group representations, modules and ideals. First of four papers showing the close connection between these three subjects. See also publications #32, #33, and #35. |- | 30 || 1926 || Der Endlichkeitssatz der Invarianten endlicher linearer Gruppen der Charakteristik p Proof of the Finiteness of the Invariants of Finite Linear Groups of Characteristic p§ | Nachrichten der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Math.-phys. Klasse, 1926, 28–35 || By applying ascending and descending chain conditions to finite extensions of a ring, Noether shows that the algebraic invariants of a finite group are finitely generated even in positive characteristic. |- | 31 || 1926 || Abstrakter Aufbau der Idealtheorie in algebraischen Zahl- und Funktionenkörpern Abstract Structure of the Theory of Ideals in Algebraic Number Fields and Function Fields§ | Mathematische Annalen, 96, 26–61 || Ideals. Seminal paper in which Noether determined the minimal set of conditions required that a primary ideal be representable as a power of prime ideals, as Richard Dedekind had done for algebraic numbers. Three conditions were required: an ascending chain condition, a dimension condition, and the condition that the ring be integrally closed.
Third epoch (1927–1935)
In the third epoch, Emmy Noether focused on non-commutative algebras, and unified much earlier work on the representation theory of groups.
Index Year Title and English translation Journal, volume, pages Classification and notes 32 1927 Der Diskriminantensatz für die Ordnungen eines algebraischen Zahl- oder Funktionenkörpers