Features

Features

This month features some aspects of algebra and history. We explore the quest of Enriques for an important completeness theorem. [Fortuitously, one of the authors of those articles has been honored with the National Medal of Science.] And we examine the role of trinomials in modern aspects of the subject. On the historical side, we examine the role of the Parker Fellowsips in the development of mathematics at Harvard, and in the United States as a whole. Finally, a memorial article for Henry Helson recalls the life and career of an important and influential mathematical analyst. --Steven G. Krantz, Editor

The Great Trinomial Hunt

Richard P. Brent and Paul Zimmermann

(pp. 10)
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Federigo Enriques's Quest to Prove the "Completeness Theorem"

Donald Babbitt and Judith Goodstein

(pp. 20)
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Intuition and Rigor and Enriques's Quest

David Mumford

(pp. 29)
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The Contribution of John Parker Jr. to American Mathematics

Steve Batterson

(pp. 41)
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A Tribute to Henry Helson

Donald Sarason, Contributing Editor

(pp. 41)
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