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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 54, Number 1
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Generalizations of Fourier analysis, and how to apply them
W. T. Gowers PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 1-44
Graphs, Vectors, and Matrices
Daniel A. Spielman PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 45-61
What can topology tell us about the neural code?
Carina Curto PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 63-78
What are Lyapunov exponents, and why are they interesting?
Amie Wilkinson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 79-105
Probabilistic combinatorics and the recent work of Peter Keevash
W. T. Gowers PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 107-116

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: Newton’s Principia
Gerald L. Alexanderson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 117-122
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 123-134

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

Function theory on symplectic manifolds, by Leonid Polterovich and Daniel Rosen.
Reviewer: Yakov Eliashberg
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 135-140
Ricci flow for shape analysis and surface registration: theories, algorithms and applications, by Wei Zeng and Xianfeng David Gu.
Reviewers: Bennett Chow, David Glickenstein and Feng Luo
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 141-150
A mathematical introduction to compressive sensing, by S. Foucart and H. Rauhut.
Reviewer: Joel A. Tropp
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 151-165
Noncommutative geometry and particle physics, by Walter D. van Suijlekom.
Reviewer: Matilde Marcolli
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 167-169