American Mathematical Society

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)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews

Review information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 655-661
Published electronically: June 19, 2014
Full text: PDF

MR: 1440931 (98e:49102)
Wilfrid Gangbo and Robert J. McCann
The geometry of optimal transportation.
Acta Mathematica 177, (1996), no. 2, 113–161
Reviewed by: Ludger Ruschendorf

MR: 2079068 (2005f:35091)
Luis A. Caffarelli
The Monge Ampere equation and optimal transportation.
Contemporary Mathematics, no. 353, 2004, 43–52 pp.
Reviewed by: Enrico Valdinoci

MR: 2459454 (2010f:49001)
Cédric Villani
Optimal transport.
Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften [Fundamental Principles of Mathematical Sciences], Springer-Verlag, Berlin, no. 338, 2009, xxii+973 pp., ISBN 978-3-540-71049-3, $159.00
Reviewed by: Dario Cordero-Erausquin

MR: 2654086 (2011f:49071)
Young-Heon Kim and Robert J. McCann
Continuity, curvature, and the general covariance of optimal transportation.
Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) 12, (2010), no. 4, 1009–1040
Reviewed by: Lorenzo Brasco

MR: 2883682 (Review)
Alessio Figalli and Cédric Villani
Optimal transport and curvature.
Lecture Notes in Mathematics, no. 2028, 2011, 171–217 pp.
Reviewed by: Micah Warren