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The article contains a rapid introduction to classical invariant theory, and in particular, to the theory of forms, the symbolic method, and to binary forms. Geometric invariant theory is shortly mentioned before the author moves on to dimension formulas for invariants. The important problem on the existence of a system of parameters for invariants is discussed. A short presentation of invariants and representations is given, and Capelli's Theorem and some of its consequences are explained. Finally a short section treats the relation between invariant theory and non-commutative algebra. Naturally most of the material is related to the work of D. Hilbert. Allusions to the work of E. Noether is spread throughout the text. Unfortunately there are no concrete references to the literature neither to E. Noether nor to other mathematicians. This makes it hard to get a clear picture of who contributed what. This seems to be in the spirit of E. Noether, but many readers will be curious about the exact impact of her work. In particular it would be interesting to have a clear picture of her influence on the theory of invariants. A very interesting feature of the article are the problems, questions and conjectures scattered throughout the text. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0906.00012].