Michel Raynaud
André Weil's proof of the Riemann hypothesis for the zeta function of curves over finite fields required Weil to redo the foundations of algebraic geometry. Raynaud outlines the nonintuitive approach that Weil took and explains how this approach fit into Weil's study of the zeta function and group varieties.
(pp. 864)
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Robert Osserman
Ahlfors had a fundamental insight into a generalization by Pick of the Schwarz Lemma from complex-variable theory. This article tells how Ahlfors's idea continues to bear fruit in the most beautiful new ways.
(pp. 868)
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Daniel Rockmore and J. Laurie Snell
The Chance Project at Dartmouth is designed to facilitate probability-statistics courses there and at other insitutions based on analyzing statistical claims in news articles. The authors give an indication of the spirited way in which this method of teaching works.
(pp. 874)
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