August 2018 Volume 65 · Issue 07  
Invitations from the AMS

Invitations from the AMS

The Mathematics of Cathleen Synge Morawetz

The Mathematics of Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Christina Sormani, Irene Gamba, Leslie Greengard, Kevin Payne, Terence Tao, and Tonatiuth Sánchez-Vizuet celebrate the mathematics of Cathleen Synge Morawetz in this memorial.

    ICM 2018 Lecture Sampler

    ICM 2018 Lecture Sampler

    Gil Kalai, Sanjeev Arora, Catherine Goldstein, Sylvia Serfaty and Gregory F. Lawler provide introductions to their Plenary Lectures for the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018.

      Rochelle Gutiérrez Interview

      Rochelle Gutiérrez Interview

      Melinda Lanius and Simone Sisneros-Thiry interview Department of Curriculum and Instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Professor Rochelle Gutiérrez.

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        From the AMS Secretary

         

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        Snapshots of Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Africa

        Mathematics is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa, where a critical mass of researchers and educators is developing. This article provides snapshots of the experiences of several mathematicians who have done research and teaching south of the Sahara.

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        Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis

        Donal O’Shea reviews Barry Mazur and William Stein's book whose mission it is to explain, "in a manner as direct as possible and with the least mathematical background required," the Riemann Hypothesis and why it is so important.

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        2017–2018 Faculty Salaries Report

        Amanda L. Golbeck, Thomas H. Barr, and Colleen A. Rose report on faculty salaries in part one of the Annual Survey of Mathematical Sciences.

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        Free and Fair Open Access Journals: Flipping, Fostering, Founding

        In his Opinion piece, Mark C. Wilson makes a case for free fair open access journals, obtained by flipping existing journals, fostering volunteer-based journals, or founding new journals.

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        Tribute to Joe Diestel (1943–2017)

        Friends of Joe Diestel offer fond remembrances of the mathematician whose influence cannot be measured simply by the theorems he proved.

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        Students’ Combinatorial Reasoning: Counting Processes and Sets of Outcomes

        Researcher Elise Lockwood presents a Doceamus on the central theme of her findings that students should focus on the sets of outcomes they are trying to count, not just the counting process.

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        Clarence F. Stephens (1917–2018)

        Johnny L. Houston pens a memorial tribute for nationally acclaimed master teacher of collegiate mathematics and creator of the Morgan Potsdam Model Clarence F. Stephens.

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        Letter to the Editor

        We invite readers to submit letters to the editor to Notices at notices-letters@ams.org

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        Hans F. Weinberger (1928–2017)

        Mathematicians and family alike remember Hans Felix Weinberger who once described how he became a mathematician by explaining, “I was a physics major, but I kept breaking things."

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