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Kissing Numbers, Sphere Packings, and Some Unexpected Proofs

Florian Pfender and Günter M. Ziegler

The authors report on recent progress by Musin, Cohn, and Elkies on optimal sphere packings, and review the background of a subject that touches many areas of mathematics.
(pp. 873)
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The Bowl Championship Series: A Mathematical Review

Thomas Callaghan, Peter J. Mucha, and Mason A. Porter

The authors undertook a mathematical analysis of the system used to determine the finalists in the United States college football championship series. Here they compare the current system and possible alternatives.
(pp. 887)
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Communications

The Difficulties of Kissing in Three Dimensions
Bill Casselman

WHAT IS...a Grope?
Peter Teichner

A Handbook of Mathematical Discourse
A Book Review
Reviewed by Steven G. Krantz

Keyfitz Named Director of Fields Institute

Seymour Receives Ostrowski Prize

2003 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences (Third Report)
Ellen E. Kirkman, James W. Maxwell, and Colleen A. Rose

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AMS 2005 Elections Special Section / Introduction / List of Candidates / Election Information / Replacement Ballots / Suggestions for 2005 Nominations

AMS 2005 Election Special Section--Biographies of Candidates

Report on the April 2004 Council Meeting


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