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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Contents of Volume 51, Number 4
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The Monge–Ampère equation and its link to optimal transportation
Guido De Philippis and Alessio Figalli PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 527-580
Two-point functions and their applications in geometry
Simon Brendle PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 581-596
Homotopy type theory and Voevodsky’s univalent foundations
Álvaro Pelayo and Michael A. Warren PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 597-648

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: Some mathematical encyclopedias
Gerald L. Alexanderson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 649-653
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 655-661

Book Reviews
Book reviews do not contain an abstract. You may download each review in this issue using the links below.

Large networks and graph limits, by László Lovász.
Reviewer: Jaroslav Nešetřil
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 663-667
Entropy in dynamical systems, by Tomasz Downarowicz.
Reviewer: L. Bowen
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 669-674
Spherical tube hypersurfaces, by Alexander Isaev.
Reviewer: Thomas Garrity
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 675-685
Distribution modulo one and Diophantine approximation, by Yann Bugeaud.
Reviewer: Jean-Paul Allouche
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 687-690
A primer on mapping class groups, by Benson Farb and Dan Margalit.
Reviewer: Mladen Bestvina
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 691-700
Maximum principles and sharp constants for solutions of elliptic and parabolic systems, by G. Kresin and V. Maz’ya.
Reviewer: Dmitry Khavinson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 701-704