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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 46, Number 5
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Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 5 (1940)
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940)
Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 5 (1940)
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940)
The Society’s prizes
R. G. D. Richardson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 367
The February meeting in New York
T. R. Hollcroft PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 368-373
Correction
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 373
John Henry Tanner—In memoriam
Virgil Snyder PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 374
Notes
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 391-399
Abstracts of papers
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 400-437
New publications
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 438

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

The Probability Integral, by W. F. Sheppard.
Reviewer: J. H. Curtiss
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 375-376
Le Origini del Calcolo Infinitesimale nell' Era Moderna, by G. Castelnuovo.
Reviewer: D. J. Struik
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 376-377
Algebren, by M. Deuring.
Reviewer: Max Zorn
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 377-380
Mécanique Statistique Quantique, by Francis Perrin.
Reviewer: B. O. Koopman
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 380-382
Topological Groups, by L. Pontrjagin.
Reviewer: W. T. Puckett, Jr.
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 382-384
Statistical Methods, by Paul R. Rider.
Reviewer: J. H. Curtiss
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 384-386
The Mathematical Theory of Huygens' Principle, by B. B. Baker and E. T. Copson.
Reviewer: W. E. Bleick
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 386-388
Modern Elementary Theory of Numbers, by Leonard Eugene Dickson.
Reviewer: Caroline A. Lester
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 388-389
Principles of the Mathematical Theory of Correlation, by A. A. Tschuprow.
Reviewer: A. R. Crathorne
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 389
Variationsrechnung im Grossen (Theorie von Marston Morse), by H. Seifert and W. Threlfall.
Reviewer: S. B. Myers
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 390