American Mathematical Society

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)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Review information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 50 (2013), 153-160
Published electronically: October 11, 2012
Full text: PDF

MR: 1001453 (90e:57059)
Michael Atiyah
Topological quantum field theories.
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. Publications Mathematiques, (1988), no. 68, 175–186 (1989)
Reviewed by: Matthias Blau

MR: 0990772 (90h:57009)
Edward Witten
Quantum field theory and the Jones polynomial.
Communications in Mathematical Physics 121, (1989), no. 3, 351–399
Reviewed by: Daniel S. Freed

MR: 2335797 (2009b:14051)
Ib Madsen and Michael Weiss
The stable moduli space of Riemann surfaces: Mumford’s conjecture.
Annals of Mathematics. Second Series 165, (2007), no. 3, 843–941
Reviewed by: Ulrike Tillmann

MR: 2555928; 2010k:57064
Jacob Lurie
On the classification of topological field theories.
2009, 129–280 pp.
Reviewed by: Julia Bergner

MR: 2648901 (2011i:57040)
Daniel S. Freed, Michael J. Hopkins, Jacob Lurie and Constantin Teleman
Topological quantum field theories from compact Lie groups.
CRM Proc. Lecture Notes, 50, 2010, 367–403 pp.
Reviewed by: Julia Bergner