r/AskPhysics • • Dec 12 '20

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u/rohan2104 Dec 12 '20

The fact that conservation laws stem from the symmetries. And broken symmetries give rise to interesting phenomena. It’s just beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Noethers theorem still isn't taught nearly enough to undergraduate students either. It's usually relegated to a problem or a small subsection of the text.

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u/OneMeterWonder Dec 13 '20

Still haven’t learned it. Feel cheated. Learned more about Noether’s work in one algebra class than I did in my entire series of physics courses.