Albert Einstein, letter to the New York Times (May 5, 1935) as quoted in Alice Calaprice, The Quotable Einstein (1996)

In the judgement of the most competent living mathematicians, Fräulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began. In the realm of algebra, in which the most gifted mathematicians have been busy for centuries, she discovered methods which have proved of enormous importance in the development of the present-day generation of younger mathematicians.

— Albert Einstein

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Emmy Noether

About Emmy Noether

Amalie Emmy Noether (March 23, 1882 – April 14, 1935) was a German mathematician known for her landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.