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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.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Contents of Volume 45, Number 4
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Some commentary on Atle Selberg’s mathematics
D. Hejhal and P. Sarnak PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 485-487
The importance of the Selberg integral
Peter J. Forrester and S. Ole Warnaar PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 489-534
Variational methods in relativistic quantum mechanics
Maria J. Esteban, Mathieu Lewin and Eric Séré PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 535-593
Exotic spheres and curvature
M. Joachim and D. J. Wraith PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 595-616

Mathematical Perspectives


The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg. On his life and mathematics
Nils A. Baas and Christian F. Skau PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 617-649
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 651-655
Erratum to the review of “Minimal surfaces and functions of bounded variation”
Helmut Kaul PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 681-681

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

Louis Bachelier's Theory of speculation: The origins of modern finance, by Mark Davis and Alison Etheridge.
Reviewer: Philip Protter
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 657-660
Lie groups. An approach through invariants and representations, by Claudio Procesi.
Reviewer: V. S. Varadarajan
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 661-674
Moonshine beyond the monster: The bridge connecting algebra, modular forms and physics, by Terry Gannon.
Reviewer: R. E. Borcherds
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 675-679