Contents of Volume 46, Number 2

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Commentary

Robert L. Bryant.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 177-178
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The Markov chain Monte Carlo revolution

Persi Diaconis.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 179-205
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MathSciNet review: 2476411

Whitney’s extension problems and interpolation of data

Charles Fefferman.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 207-220
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MathSciNet review: 2476412

Remarks on Chern-Simons theory

Daniel S. Freed.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 221-254
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MathSciNet review: 2476413

Topology and data

Gunnar Carlsson.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 255-308
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MathSciNet review: 2476414

On the origin and development of subfactors and quantum topology

Vaughan Jones.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 309-326
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MathSciNet review: 2476415

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Mathematical Perspectives

Shiing-shen Chern: 1911–2004

H. Wu.
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 327-338
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MathSciNet review: 2476416

Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 339-339
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Selections Reprinted from "Mathematical Reviews"

Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 341-347
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Book Reviews

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Holomorphic Morse inequalities and Bergman kernels, by Xiaonan Ma and George Marinescu.

Reviewer: Steve Zelditch
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 349-361
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Hyperbolic geometry from a local viewpoint.

Reviewer: Frederick P. Gardiner
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 363-368
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Spherical CR geometry and Dehn surgery, by Richard Evan Schwartz.

Reviewer: John R. Parker
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 369-376
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