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This month offers an eclectic selection of articles for the Notices. Origami, education, eigenvalues of the Laplacian, and special effects in the movies are the topics of our feature articles. Each illustrates the role of mathematics in our everyday lives. Each is fascinating in its own way. --Steven G. Krantz, Editor

Origami and Partial Differential Equations

Bernard Dacorogna, Paolo Marcellini, and Emanuele Paolini

(pp. 598)
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What Is Mathematics For?

Underwood Dudley

(pp. 608)
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Crashing Waves, Awesome Explosions, Turbulent Smoke and Beyond: Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing in the Visual Effects Industry

Aleka McAdams, Stanley Osher, and Joseph Teran

(pp. 614)
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Localized Eigenfunctions: Here You See Them, There You Don't

Steven M. Heilman and Robert S. Strichartz

(pp. 624)
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Communications

WHAT IS... a Perverse Sheaf?
Mark Andrea de Cataldo and Luca Migliorini

Ask Professor Nescio

Bombieri and Tao Receive King Faisal Prize

JPBM Communications Award/MAA Prizes Presented in San Francisco/AWM Awards Given in San Francisco

2010 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department/2010 Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference

NCSU Math Department Wins AMS Award

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From the Editor
A New Education Column for the Notices
Steven G. Krantz

The Housekeeper and the Professor--A Book Review
Reviewed by Koji Fujiwara

The Full Potential of Storytelling--A Book Review
Reviewed by Javier Fresán

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