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==Legacy== [[File:Emmy-noether-campus siegen.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Emmy–Noether–Campus at the [[University of Siegen]] is home to its mathematics and physics departments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uni-siegen.de/start/kontakt/anfahrt_und_lageplaene/emmy.html.en?lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207175824/https://www.uni-siegen.de/start/kontakt/anfahrt_und_lageplaene/emmy.html.en?lang=en|archive-date=December 7, 2024|title=Emmy-Noether Campus (ENC)|publisher=[[University of Siegen]]|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2024}}</ref>]] [[File:Ruhmeshalle Muenchen Emmy Noether Mathematikerin-1 retusche.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Noether is also one of the carved stone busts displayed in Germany's [[Ruhmeshalle München]] (or Munich Hall of Fame in English)]] Noether's work continues to be relevant for the development of theoretical physics and mathematics, and she is considered one of the most important mathematicians of the twentieth century.<ref name="APSNews"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8274777/emmy-noether|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|title=Emmy Noether revolutionized mathematics — and still faced sexism all her life|first=Brad|last=Plumer|date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907031127/https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8274777/emmy-noether|archive-date=7 September 2024|access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> During her lifetime and even until today, Noether has also been characterized as the greatest woman mathematician in recorded history{{sfn|Alexandrov|1981|p=100}}{{sfn|Kimberling|1982}}{{sfn|James|2002|p=321}} by mathematicians such as [[Pavel Alexandrov]],{{sfn|Dick|1981|p=154}} [[Hermann Weyl]],{{sfn|Dick|1981|p=152}} and [[Jean Dieudonné]].{{sfn|Noether|1987|p=167}} In a letter to ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Albert Einstein]] wrote:<ref name="einstein" /> {{Blockquote|In the judgment 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 younger generation of mathematicians.}} In his obituary, fellow algebraist [[Bartel Leendert van der Waerden|B. L. van der Waerden]] says that her mathematical originality was "absolute beyond comparison",{{Sfn |Dick|1981|p=100}} and Hermann Weyl said that Noether "changed the face of [abstract] algebra by her work".<ref name="weyl_128">{{Harvnb|Dick|1981|p= 128}}</ref> Mathematician and historian [[Jeremy Gray]] wrote that any textbook on abstract algebra bears the evidence of Noether's contributions: "Mathematicians simply do ring theory her way."{{sfn|Gray|2018|p=294}} Several things [[List of things named after Emmy Noether|now bear her name]], including many mathematical objects,{{sfn|Gray|2018|p=294}} and an asteroid, 7001 Noether.{{sfn|Schmadel|2003|p=270}}
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