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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

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Contents of Volume 84, Number 1
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Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 84, Number 1 (1978)
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978)
Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 84, Number 1 (1978)
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Equivariant smoothing theory
R. Lashof PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 1-6
Variational inequalities and free boundary problems
David Kinderlehrer PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 7-26
On Lie algebras of differential formal groups of Ritt
B. Weisfeiler PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 127-130
Average Gaussian curvature of leaves of foliations
Daniel Asimov PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 131-133
Configuration spaces: applications to Gelfand-Fuks cohomology
F. R. Cohen and L. R. Taylor PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 134-136
Infinite dimensional compacta containing no $n$-dimensional $\left ( {n \geqslant 1} \right )$ subsets
John J. Walsh PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 137-138
Natural structures on semigroups with involution
Michael P. Drazin PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 139-141
Representation theorems for multifunctions and analytic sets
Alexander D. Ioffe PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 142-144
Upper and lower estimates on the rate of convergence of approximations in $H_p$
Frank Stenger PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 145-148
On the theory of $\Pi _3^1$ sets of reals
A. S. Kechris and D. A. Martin PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 149-151
On quantum mechanics of many-body systems with dilation-analytic potentials
I. M. Sigal PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 152-154
Asymptotic completeness for a class of four particle Schrödinger operators
George A. Hagedorn PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 155-156
Finite Rickart $C^*$-algebras
David Handelman and John Lawrence PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 157-158
A Fubini theorem for iterated stochastic integrals
Marc A. Berger and Victor J. Mizel PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 159-160
Existence and applications of remote points
Eric K. Van Douwen PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 161-163
On a problem of Rota
E. Rodney Canfield PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 164

Book Reviews
Book reviews do not contain an abstract. You may download each review in this issue using the links below.

A comprehensive introduction to differential geometry, by Michael Spivak.
Reviewer: Stephanie Alexander
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 27-32
Modular representations of finite groups, by B. M. Puttaswamaiah and John D. Dixon.
Reviewer: J. L. Alperin
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 32-34
Applied nonstandard analysis, by Martin Davis.
Introduction to the theory of infinitesimals, by K. D. Stroyan and W. A. J. Luxemburg.
Foundations of infinitesimal calculus, by H. Jerome Keisler.
Reviewer: Andreas Blass
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 34-41
Differential equations and their applications, by M. Braun.
Reviewer: Jerry Bona
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 41-47
Optimization, a theory of necessary conditions, by Lucien W. Neustadt.
Optimale Steuerung diskreter Systeme, by W. G. Boltjanski.
The qualitative theory of optimal processes, by R. Gabasov and F. Kirillova.
Reviewer: Frank H. Clarke
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 47-53
Problems and theorems in analysis, by G. Pólya and G. Szegö.
Reviewer: Harley Fanders
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 53-62
Rekursive Funktionen in der Komputer Theorie, by Rózsa Péter.
Reviewer: Christoph M. Hoffmann
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 62-65
Applied functional analysis, by A. V. Balakrishnan.
Reviewer: Richard B. Holmes
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 65-71
Geometry of spheres in normed spaces, by Juan Jorge Schäffer.
Reviewer: Robert C. James
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 71-73
The theory of unitary group representations, by George W. Mackey.
Reviewer: Ray A. Kunze
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 73-75
Geometric algebra over local rings, by Bernard R. McDonald.
Reviewer: Jack Ohm
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 75-78
Wittgenstein's lectures on the foundations of mathematics, Cambridge,, by R. G. Bosanquet, Norman Malcolm, Rush Rhees and Yorick Smythies.
Reviewer: G. Kreisel
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 79-90
The theory of numbers, by S. Iyanaga.
Reviewer: O. T. O'Meara
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 90-96
Stability of fluid motions., by Daniel D. Joseph.
Reviewer: S. Rosenblat
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 96-103
Measures on topological semigroups : Convolution products and random walks, by Arunava Mukherjea and Nicholas A. Tserpes.
Reviewer: Murray Rosenblatt
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 104-107
Adventures of a mathematician, by S. M. Ulam.
Reviewer: H. E. Robbins
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 107-110
Interpolation spaces, an introduction, by Jöran Bergh and Jörgen Löfström.
Reviewer: Colin Bennett
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 110-113
Companion to concrete mathematics, by Z. A. Melzak.
Reviewer: M. S. Klamkin
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 114-120
Le mouvement brownien relativiste, by Jean-Pierre Caubet.
Reviewer: Edward Nelson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 121-124
Grundzüge der universellen Algebra, by Herbert Lugowski.
Reviewer: P. M. Cohn
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 124-126