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Crystals That Nature Might Miss Creating

Toshikazu Sunada

Mathematical crystals are infinite graphs realized periodically in space. They have two kinds of symmetries: the usual extrinsic symmetry of congruent transformations of space preserving the realization, plus the intrinsic symmetry of graph automorphisms. These coincide for diamond crystals; the author considers other mathematical crystals which share this property.
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Irving Kaplansky's Role in Mid-Twentieth Century Functional Analysis

Richard V. Kadison

The late Irving Kaplansky had a lasting influence in many areas of mathematics. The author recounts the history, including the anecdotal history, of Kaplansky's interests in functional analysis and its practitioners, as he personally experienced it.
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David Austin

Interview with Srinivasa Varadhan
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Building a Research Career: Mathematics Research Communities
Allyn Jackson

My Summer at the Voice of America
Adriana Salerno

A Valuable Diversion
John Haws

2007 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences (First Report)
Polly Phipps, James W. Maxwell, Colleen Rose

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