Notices of the American Mathematical Society
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Featured Articles and Invitations from the AMS
Representations of Finite Groups: A Hundred Years, Part I
T. Y. Lam
A hundred years ago the introduction of group representations began to unlock the secrets of finite groups. In this first part of a two-part series, the author explains how Frobenius's study of group determinants led first to characters, then to group representations, and then to a theory that exposed new properties of finite groups.
The Demise of the Young Scholars Program
Allyn Jackson
The termination of the Young Scholars Program by the NSF appears to be a potent mix of politics and legal troubles, together with the governmental fact of life that dollars flow more easily toward new ideas, even when the old ones have proven their worth.
Twenty-Five Years with Nicolas Bourbaki, 1949-1973
Armand Borel
Armand Borel gives some personal recollections of his years as a close observer and then a member of Bourbaki.