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Current Issue: May  2007  Volume 54  Issue 5 
 

Features

How to Generate Random Matrices from the Classical Compact Groups

Francesco Mezzadri

Random matrix generators are used in applications in physics, applied mathematics, engineering, and other fields. The author discusses an algorithm, which can easily be implemented using standard linear algebra packages, to generate random matrices from the classical compact groups.
(pp. 592)
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The Vision, Insight, and Influence of Oswald Veblen

Steve Batterson

Many contemporary mathematicians are somewhat aware of Oswald Veblen's mathematical legacy as a researcher and thesis mentor. Less well known today are his achievements in shaping many of the professional aspects of mathematics now taken for granted. The author reviews this important history.
(pp. 606)
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Communications

WHAT IS...an Infinite Swindle?
Valentin Poénaru

Project Origami: Activities for Exploring Mathematics
A Book Review
Reviewed by Helena Verrill

If Euclid Had Been Japanese
Bill Casselman

Letters to a Young Mathematician
A Book Review
Reviewed by Emma Carberry

Furstenberg and Smale Receive 2006--2007 Wolf Prize

2007 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department

Mathematics Programs That Make a Difference

Jumping Ship: "Topology" Board Resigns
Allyn Jackson

2007 JPBM Communications Award

MAA Prizes Presented in New Orleans

AWM Awards Presented in New Orleans

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