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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.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Contents of Volume 2, Number 2
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Miscellaneous front pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.), Volume 2, Number 2 (1980)
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Miscellaneous back pages, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.), Volume 2, Number 2 (1980)
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Scattering theory for automorphic functions
Peter D. Lax and Ralph S. Phillips PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 261-295
Counterexamples to global Torelli for certain simply connected surfaces
Kenneth N. Chakiris PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 297-299
A characterization of hereditary rings of finite representation type
Piotr Dowbor and Daniel Simson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 300-302
On Hurwitz’ “$84\left ( \{g - 1\} \right )$ theorem” and pseudofree actions
R. S. Kulkarni PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 303-305
Solomon’s conjectures and the local functional equation for zeta functions of orders
Colin J. Bushnell and Irving Reiner PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 306-310
On simplicity of certain infinite dimensional Lie algebras
V. G. Kac PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 311-314
The cell-like mapping problem
George Kozlowski and John J. Walsh PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 315-316
On the union of sets of synthesis and Ditkin’s condition in regular Banach algebras
Aharon Atzmon PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 317-320

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

Algebraic number theory, by Robert L. Long.
A classical invitation to algebraic numbers and class fields, by Harvey Cohn.
Number fields, by Daniel A. Marcus.
Reviewer: Harold Edwards
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 321-327
The computer revolution in philosophy: Philosophy, science and models of mind, by Aaron Sloman.
Reviewer: Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 328-339
Interpolation theory, function spaces, differential operators, by Hans Triebel.
Reviewer: Ron DeVore
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 339-345
Mathematical methods of classical mechanics, by V. I. Arnold.
A course in mathematical physics, vol. 1: Classical dynamical systems, by Walter Thirring.
Reviewer: Ian N. Sneddon
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 346-352
Elliptic curves: Diophantine analysis, by Serge Lang.
Reviewer: Alan Baker
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 352-354
Introduction to mathematical economics, by Murray C. Kemp and Yoshio Kimura.
Reviewer: Louis J. Billera
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 355-359
Approximants de Padé, by Jacek Gilewicz.
Reviewer: William B. Jones
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 360-364
Barrelledness in topological and ordered vector spaces, by T. Husain and S. M. Khaleelulla.
Reviewer: I. Namioka
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 364-368
Monotone operators and applications in control and network theory, by V. Dolezal.
Reviewer: R. Saeks
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 369-373
Gaussian random processes, by I. A. Ibragimov and Yu. A. Rozanov.
Reviewer: R. M. Dudley
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 373-378
Foundations of mechanics, by Ralph Abraham and Jerrold E. Marsden.
Reviewer: Shlomo Sternberg
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 378-387
The theory of stochastic processes, by I. I. Gihman and A. V. Skorohod.
Reviewer: Daniel W. Stroock
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 388-390