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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.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Contents of Volume 49, Number 4
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Introduction to the papers of R. Thom and J. Mather
Mark Goresky PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 469-474
Notes on Topological Stability
John Mather PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 475-506
A review of numerical methods for nonlinear partial differential equations
Eitan Tadmor PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 507-554

Mathematical Perspectives


Poincaré and the early history of 3-manifolds
John Stillwell PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 555-576
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 577-577
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 579-584

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

The Chinese roots of linear algebra, by Roger Hart.
Reviewer: Joseph F. Grcar
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 585-590
Quasilinear hyperbolic systems, compressible flows, and waves, by Vishnu D. Sharma.
Reviewer: Helge Kristian Jenssen
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 591-596
Large deviations for stochastic processes, by Jin Feng and Thomas G. Kurtz.
Reviewer: S. R. S. Varadhan
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (2012), 597-601