Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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Contents of Volume 49, Number 2
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Why should the Littlewood–Richardson Rule be true?
Roger Howe and Soo Teck Lee PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 187-236
Grothendieck’s Theorem, past and present
Gilles Pisier PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 237-323
About Hermann Weyl’s “Ramifications, old and new, of the eigenvalue problem”
Barry Mazur PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 325-326

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: Sophie Germain and a problem in number theory
Gerald L. Alexanderson PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 327-331
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 333-335

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

Homotopy quantum field theory, by Vladimir Turaev.
Reviewer: Timothy Porter
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 337-345