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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 127-136

Abstract:

Intellectual challenges and opportunities for mathematics are greater than ever. The role of mathematics in society continues to grow; with this growth comes new opportunities and some growing pains; each will be analyzed here.
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Additional Information
  • J. Glimm
  • Affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3600
  • Address at time of publication: Computational Science Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11793-6000
  • Received by editor(s): August 29, 2009
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: August 31, 2009
  • Published electronically: October 14, 2009
  • Additional Notes: The author is a Past President of the American Mathematical Society, and this article is based on his Retiring AMS Presidential Address, delivered at the 2010 Joint Meetings.
    This work was supported in part by U.S. Department of Energy grants DE-FC52-08NA28614, DE-AC07-05ID14517 and DE-FG07-07ID14889, and the Army Research Office grant W911NF0910306.
  • © Copyright 2009 by James Glimm
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 127-136
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01279-8
  • MathSciNet review: 2566447