The Noether theorems: invariance and conservation laws in the 20th century

In 1915 and 1916 Emmy Noether was asked by Felix Klein and David Hilbert to assist them in understanding issues involved in any attempt to formulate a general theory of relativity, in particular the new ideas of Einstein. She was consulted particularly over the difficult issue of the form a law of conservationof energy could take in the new theory, and she succeeded brilliantly, finding two deep theorems. But between 1916 and 1950, the theorem was poorly understood and Noether’s name disappeared almost entirely. People like Klein and Einstein did little more then mention her name in the various popular or historical accounts they wrote. Worse, earlier attempts which had been eclipsed by Noether’s achievements were remembered, and sometimes figure in quick ‘historical’accounts of the time. This book carries a translation of Noether’s original paper into English, and then describes the strange history of its reception andthe responses to her work. INDICE: Emmy Noether’s Paper, Invariant Variational Problems.- Introduction.- The Circumstances of the Composition of Noether’s Paper.- The Theorems of Noether.- The Appreciation of her Theorems by her Contemporaries and by Historians.- The Transmission of her Ideas, 1918-1951.- The Fortunate of the 2nd Theorem after 1950.- Since 1970, True Generalizations.- Conclusion.- Appendices I-IV.- Bibliography.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-87867-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 220
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés