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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 37, Number 4
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Note from the Editor
Donald G. Saari PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 379-379
Perspectives on American mathematics
Karen Hunger Parshall PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 381-405
Mathematical problems
David Hilbert PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 407-436
The Erdos-Szekeres problem on points in convex position – a survey
W. Morris and V. Soltan PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 437-458

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

Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis, by J. Jost.
Riemannian Geometry, by P. Petersen.
Riemannian Geometry, by T. Sakai.
Reviewer: Werner Ballmann
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 459-465
The $q$-Schur algebra, by Stephen Donkin.
Iwahori-Hecke algebras and Schur algebras of the symmetric group, by Andrew Mathas.
Reviewer: Brian Parshall
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 467-472
Mirror symmetry and algebraic geometry, by David A. Cox and Sheldon Katz.
Reviewer: V. Batyrev
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 473-476
Bernhard Riemann, 1826-1866: Turning points in the conception of mathematics, by Detlef Laugwitz (translated by Abe Shenitzer).
Reviewer: Roger Cooke
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 477-480
Integral, probability, and fractal measures, by G. Edgar.
Reviewer: Lars Olsen
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 481-498
Special functions, by George E. Andrews, Richard Askey and Ranjan Roy.
Reviewer: Jet Wimp
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 499-510
Real submanifolds in complex space and their mappings, by M. Salah Baouendi, Peter Ebenfelt and Linda Preiss Rothschild.
Reviewer: Nancy K. Stanton
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 511-514