Jean Leray (1906--1998)
Armand Borel, Gennadi M. Henkin, and Peter D. Lax
Reifying the Research: Mathematics Education in Taiwan
Mark Saul
Declining Student Numbers Worry German Mathematics Departments
Allyn Jackson
The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography
Reviewed by Jim Reeds
Encounter with a Geometer, Part II
Marcel Berger
Partially based on three interviews, this two-part article discusses the
extraordinary mathematics of Mikhael Gromov. Part II concentrates on Riemannian
geometry and on mm-spaces, a class of measure spaces that generalize Riemannian
manifolds.
Standing the Test of Time: The Data Encryption Standard
Susan Landau
The Data Encryption Standard is the most widely used public cryptosystem
in the world. Successfully used for more than twenty years, it has only
recently begun to be vulnerable to the power of present-day computers. Landau
describes the principles behind this encryption system and the kinds of attacks
that are used on it.
From the President of the AMS
"Mathematical Challenges of the 21st Century" - Felix E. Browder
Commentary
"Internet Time" - Susan Landau, Associate Editor
Letters to the Editor
Mathematics People
Strassen Receives Cantor Medal /
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellows /
Correction to the Balzan Prize Announcement /
Deaths
Mathematics Opportunities
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute /
NSF Biocomplexity Competition /
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites for 2000 /
2000 Summer Program for Women in Mathematics /
Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award /
Project NExT: New Experiences in Teaching
For Your Information
AMS Establishes Ky and Yu-Fen Fan Endowment /
Straley Named MAA Executive Director
New Publications Offered by the AMS