Living proof: Diving into maths with Emmy Noether

Living proof: Diving into maths with Emmy Noether

Published on Apr 7
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Maths on the Move
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<p>Every now and again, and more often than you'd think, the work of mathematics overlaps with the world of theatre and film.</p> <p>This happened again recently when the <a href='https://newton.ac.uk/'>Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences</a> (INI) organised a staging of the play Diving into math with Emmy Noether. Noether was a pure mathematician whose results made waves far beyond her field. Albert Einstein called her a "creative mathematical genius". </p> <p>The play is produced by <a href='https://www.portraittheater.net/'>Portrait Theater Vienna</a> in co-operation with Freie Universität Berlin, directed by Sandra Schueddekopf, and features Anita Zieher as Emmy Noether. It was put on as part of the <a href='https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/mhm/'>Modern History of Mathematics</a> research programme that is currently taking place at the INI and the <a href='https://gateway.newton.ac.uk/event/tgm148'>Inclusivity in the Mathematical Sciences workshop</a> that was organised ...