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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Contents of Volume 46, Number 2
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Commentary
Robert L. Bryant
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 177-178
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01248-8
Published electronically: January 7, 2009
The Markov chain Monte Carlo revolution
Persi Diaconis
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 179-205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01238-X
Published electronically: November 20, 2008
Whitney’s extension problems and interpolation of data
Charles Fefferman
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 207-220
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01240-8
Published electronically: November 24, 2008
Remarks on Chern-Simons theory
Daniel S. Freed
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 221-254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01243-9
Published electronically: January 15, 2009
Topology and data
Gunnar Carlsson
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 255-308
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01249-X
Published electronically: January 29, 2009
On the origin and development of subfactors and quantum topology
Vaughan Jones
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 309-326
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01244-0
Published electronically: January 28, 2009

Mathematical Perspectives


Shiing-shen Chern: 1911–2004
H. Wu
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 327-338
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01219-6
Published electronically: July 1, 2008
The Cover of this Issue
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 339-339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01255-5
Published electronically: February 4, 2009
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 341-347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01247-6
Published electronically: January 12, 2009

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

Holomorphic Morse inequalities and Bergman kernels, by Xiaonan Ma and George Marinescu.
Reviewer: Steve Zelditch
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 349-361
Hyperbolic geometry from a local viewpoint.
Reviewer: Frederick P. Gardiner
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 363-368
Spherical CR geometry and Dehn surgery, by Richard Evan Schwartz.
Reviewer: John R. Parker
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 369-376