Researched
Noether's Theorem
Emmy Noether proves (1918) that every continuous symmetry of nature's laws implies a conserved quantity.
Open in the interactive tree →Time-shift symmetry gives energy conservation, space-shift gives momentum and rotation gives angular momentum; she found it while resolving how energy is conserved in general relativity. Symmetry thinking guides the Standard Model and the search for new physics.
Prerequisites
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- Standard Model of Particles1973The Standard Model's gauge symmetries and conservation laws rest on Noether's theorem