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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.

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Contents of Volume 15, Number 5
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Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 15, Number 5 (1909)
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909)
Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 15, Number 5 (1909)
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The second regular meeting of the Southwestern Section
O. D. Kellogg PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 207-212
Remarks concerning the second variation for isoperimetric problems
Oskar Bolza PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 213-217
Notes on the simplex theory of numbers
R. D. Carmichael PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 217-223
The solution of boundary problems of linear differential equations of odd order
W. D. A. Westfall PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 223-225
A class of functions having a peculiar discontinuity
W. D. A. Westfall PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 225-226
On certain determinants connected with a problem in celestial mechanics
H. E. Buchanan PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 227-231
Notes
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 264-268
New publications
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 269-274

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

The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester, by H. F. Baker.
Reviewer: L. E. Dickson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 232-239
An Introduction to the Theory of Groups of Finite Order, by Harold Hilton.
Reviewer: Arthur Ranum
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 239-244
Histoire des Mathématiques, by W. W. Rouse Ball.
Reviewer: David Eugene Smith
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 244-245
Geschichte der Mathematik. I. Theil. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis Cartesius, by Siegmund Günther.
Reviewer: David Eugene Smith
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 245-248
Manuscrits de Evariste Galois, by Jules Tannery.
Reviewer: L. E. Dickson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 249-250
Diophantische Approximationen. Eine Einführung in die Zahlentheorie, by Hermann Minkowski.
Reviewer: L. E. Dickson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 251-252
Die Lehre von den geometrischen Verwandtschaften. Zweiter Band; die eindeutigen linearen Verwandtschaften zwischen Gebilden zweiter Stufe, by Rudolf Sturm.
Reviewer: Virgil Snyder
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 252-255
Arithmétique Graphique. Les Espaces Arithmétiques, leurs Transformations, by G. Arnoux.
Reviewer: W. H. Bussey
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 255-256
Fragen der Elementargeometrie, by Federigo Enriques.
Reviewer: H. E. Hawkes
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 256-258
Leçons de Mécanique céleste professeés à la Sorbonne, by H. Poincaré.
Reviewer: F. R. Moulton
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 258-261
Die Tätigkeit der Unterrichtskommission der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte, by A. Gutzmer.
Reviewer: J. W. A. Young
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (1909), 261-264