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Contents of Volume 82, Number 6
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Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 82, Number 6 (1976): PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976)

Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 82, Number 6 (1976): PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976)

Geometric topology and shape theory: A survey of problems and results: B. J. Ball PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 791-804

Elections to membership: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 872-883

Indecomposable modules: Amalgamations: Robert Gordon and Edward L. Green PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 884-887

On monotone vs. nonmonotone induction: Leo A. Harrington and Alexander S. Kechris PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 888-890

The invariants of $n\times n$ matrices: Claudio Procesi PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 891-892

The rational homotopy of fixed point sets of torus actions: Christopher Allday PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 893-895

Duality and Kato’s theorem on small perturbations: Le Quang Chu PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 896-898

Existence theorems for strongly coupled systems of partial differential equations over Bernstein classes: Ray Redheffer and Wolfgang Walter PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 899-902

Existence theorems across a point of resonance: Lamberto Cesari PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 903-906

An averaging property of the range of a vector measure: J. Diestel and C. J. Seifert PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 907-909

The homeomorphism group of a compact $Q$-manifold is an ANR: Steve Ferry PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 910-912

Global results in control theory with applications to univalent functions: S. Friedland and M. Schiffer PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 913-915

Classifications of simplicial triangulations of topological manifolds: David E. Galewski and Ronald J. Stern PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 916-918

Disintegration of measures on compact transformation groups: Russell A. Johnson PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 919-920

Perturbation and analytic continuation of group representations: Palle T. Jørgensen PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 921-924

A strong noncommutative ergodic theorem: E. Christopher Lance PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 925-926

Statistical independence of linear congruential pseudo-random numbers: Harald Niederreiter PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 927-929

Tensor products of unitary representations of ${\text {SL}}_2 \left ( {\mathbf {R}} \right )$: Joe Repka PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 930-932

The conjugating representation of a semisimple algebraic group: R. W. Richardson PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 933-935

Monotonicity and upper semicontinuity: M. B. Suryanarayana PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 936-938

The functions operating on certain algebras of multipliers: Misha Zafran PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 939-940

Quadratic pairs for odd primes: C. Y. Ho PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 941-943

A stochastic minimum principle: Robert J. Elliott PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 944-946

Compactifying the Jacobian: Allen B. Altman and Steven L. Kleiman PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 947-949

Dynamical systems on homogeneous spaces: S. G. Dani PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 950-952

Bounded mean oscillation with Orlicz norms and duality of Hardy spaces: Jan-Olov Strömberg PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 953-955

Continuity of the Kobayashi metric in deformations and for algebraic manifolds of general type: Marcus W. Wright PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 956-958

Nonlinear ergodic theorems: H. Brézis and F. E. Browder PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 959-961

Failure of a quadratic analogue of Serre’s conjecture: S. Parimala PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 962-964

Correction, Volume 82: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 965

Corrigendum, Volume 82: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 965

Correction and addendum, Volume 82: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 966

Correction, Volume 82: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 967

Index to volume 82: PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 968-977

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

The large scale structure of space-time, by S. W. Hawking and G. F. R. Ellis.: Reviewer: Lawrence Markus; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 805-817

Topics in stochastic processes, by Robert B. Ash and Melvin F. Gardner.: Reviewer: S. J. Taylor; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 817-820

Homotopy theory; an introduction to algebraic topology, by Brayton Gray.: Reviewer: Larry Smith; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 820-824

Monotonie: Lösbarkeit und Numerik bei Operatorgleichungen, by Erich Bohl.
Iterative methods for the solution of a linear operator equation in Hilbert space-A survey, by Walter Mead Patterson 3rd.: Reviewer: M. Z. Nashed; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 825-834

Comparison theorems in Riemannian geometry, by Jeff Cheeger and David G. Ebin.: Reviewer: Robert Hermann; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 834-836

Discrete-parameter martingales, by Jacques Neveu.: Reviewer: D. A. Darling; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 836-840

Potential theory on locally compact abelian groups, by Christian Berg and Gunnar Forst.: Reviewer: Jacques Deny; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 840-842

Stochastic differential equations and applications, by Avner Friedman.: Reviewer: S. R. S. Varadhan; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 842-846

Sieve methods, by H. H. Halberstam and H.-E. Richert.: Reviewer: H. L. Montgomery; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 846-853

Fourier series with respect to general orthogonal systems, by A. M. Olevskiĭ.: Reviewer: R. P. Boas; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 853-857

Hewitt-Nachbin spaces, by Maurice D. Weir.: Reviewer: W. W. Comfort; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 857-863

Methods of numerical mathematics, by G. I. Marchuk.: Reviewer: Burton Wendroff; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 864-865

Funktionalanalysis, by Harro Heuser.
Geometric functional analysis and its applications, by Richard B. Holmes.
Functional analysis, by Michael Reed and Barry Simon.
Methods of modern mathematical physics, vol. II, Fourier analysis, self-adjointness, by Michael Reed and Barry Simon.: Reviewer: Sterling K. Berberian; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 865-868

Deterministic and stochastic optimal control, by Wendell H. Fleming and Raymond W. Rishel.: Reviewer: Leonard D. Berkovitz; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 869-870

Combinatorial algorithms, by Albert Nijenhuis and Herbert S. Wilf.: Reviewer: Earl Glen Whitehead, Jr.; Review information PDF; Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 870-871