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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Contents of Volume 46, Number 9
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Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 9, Part 2 (1940)
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Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 9, Part 1 (1940)
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Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 9, Part 1 (1940)
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Members of the council 1939
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 1
Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 46, Number 9, Part 2 (1940)
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940)
Members of the council 1940
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 2
Representatives and committees of the Society
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 3-4
Former presidents
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 4
Endowment fund and Special funds
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 5-6
Selections from the table of life membership fees
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 6
Institutional members
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 7-8
Organizations coöperating as non members
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 8
Members of the Society
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 9-62
Geographical distribution of members
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 63-76
By-laws of the American Mathematical Society
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 77-81
Report of the treasurer for the period December 1, 1937 to November 30, 1938
Bennington P. Gill PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 82-86
Report of the auditing committee 1938
Ralph G. Archibald and Albert E. Meder Jr. PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 86
Report of the treasurer for the period December 1, 1938 to November 30, 1939
Bennington P. Gill PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 87-91
Report of the auditing committee 1939
Ralph G. Archibald and Albert E. Meder Jr. PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 92
Publications
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 93-94
Report of the War Preparedness Committee of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America at the Hanover meeting
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 711-714
The June meeting in Seattle
T. M. Putnam PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 715-716
Notes
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 742-747
Abstracts of papers
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 748-761
New publications
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 762

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

Einführung in die algebraische Geometrie, by B. L. van der Waerden.
Reviewer: R. J. Walker
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 717-720
The Decline of Mechanism in Modern Physics, by A. d'Abro.
Reviewer: J. L. Synge
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 720-723
Colloque Consacré à la Théorie des Probabilités, by M. Fréchet and E. Borel.
Reviewer: A. H. Copeland
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 723-732
Tafeln und Aufgaben zur harmonischen Analyse und Periodogrammrechnung, by Karl Stumpff.
Reviewer: H. Poritsky
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 732-733
Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint. Geometry, by Felix Klein.
Reviewer: G. B. Price
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 733-735
Tables of Partitions, by Hansraj Gupta.
Reviewer: T. A. Pierce
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 733
Advanced Calculus, by Ivan S. Sokolnikoff.
Reviewer: P. W. Ketchum
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 735-737
Geometria Descrittiva: Lezioni Redatte per Uso Degli Studenti, by Enea Bortolotti.
Reviewer: Virgil Snyder
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 737-739
Some Integrals, Differential Equations and Series Related to the Modified Bessel Function of the First Kind, by A. H. Heatley.
Reviewer: R. P. Agnew
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 739
Theory of Probability, by Harold Jeffreys.
Reviewer: Edward L. Dodd
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 739-741