Fritz Noether

Fritz Noether
Born
Fritz Alexander Ernst Noether

(1884-10-07)7 October 1884
Erlangen, German Empire
Died11 September 1941(1941-09-11) (aged 56)
Oryol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Known forHerglotz–Noether theorem
SpouseRegine (died 1935)
ChildrenGottfried, Hermann
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTechnische Hochschule Karlsruhe
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Tomsk State University
ThesisÜber rollende Bewegung einer Kugel auf Rotationsflächen (1909)
Doctoral advisorAurel Voss
Doctoral studentsHelmut Heinrich

Fritz Alexander Ernst Noether (German: [ˈnøːtɐ]; 7 October 1884 – 11 September 1941) was a German mathematician who emigrated from Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union. He was later executed by the NKVD.

His was born to the mathematician Max Noether and was the younger brother of mathematician Emmy Noether.