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Undecidability in Number Theory

Bjorn Poonen

The tenth problem of Hilbert's famous problems of 1900 asked for an algorithm for the existence of an integral root of a multivariable integral polynomial. The author discusses the concepts behind Matiyasevich's negative answer to the problem, other refinements, and current research on related problems.
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The Father of the Father of American Mathematics

Steve Batterson

Hubert A. Newton was the Professor of Mathematics when Yale University began the first Ph.D. program in America, and was the thesis advisor of E. H. Moore, "the father of American mathematics". The author reviews Newton's scientific life and role in the beginnings of mathematical research in America.
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Communications

Differential Geometry, Strasbourg, 1953
Michèle Audin

WHAT IS...a Systole?
Marcel Berger

Where Are Journals Headed? Why We Should Worry About Author-Pay
John Ewing

Hardy's "Small Discovery" Remembered
Indika Rajapakse, Lindsey Muir, and Paul Martin

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

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Günter M. Ziegler

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Leonhard Euler, A Man to be Reckoned With
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