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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Published by the American Mathematical Society, the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (BULL) is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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

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Contents of Volume 53, Number 2
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Limit shapes, real and imagined
Andrei Okounkov PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 187-216
Moduli spaces and macromolecules
R. C. Penner PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 217-268
Perspectives on scissors congruence
Inna Zakharevich PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 269-294

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: The Newton–Leibniz controversy
Gerald L. Alexanderson and Leonard F. Klosinski PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 295-299
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 301-311

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

Twisted Teichmüller curves, by Christian Weiß.
Reviewer: Thomas A. Schmidt
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 313-324
Lecture notes on cluster algebras, by Robert J. Marsh.
Reviewer: Ralf Schiffler
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 325-330
Origins of mathematical words: a comprehensive dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic roots, by Anthony Lo Bello.
Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers, by Joseph Mazur.
Reviewer: John Stillwell
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 331-335
The defocusing NLS equation and its normal form, by B. Grébert and T. Kappeler.
Reviewer: Dario Bambusi
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 337-342