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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 46, Number 4
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The decomposition theorem, perverse sheaves and the topology of algebraic maps
Mark Andrea A. de Cataldo and Luca Migliorini
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 535-633
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01260-9
Published electronically: June 26, 2009
Linear waves in the Kerr geometry: A mathematical voyage to black hole physics
Felix Finster, Niky Kamran, Joel Smoller and Shing-Tung Yau
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 635-659
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01258-0
Published electronically: May 5, 2009

Mathematical Perspectives


André Weil
Armand Borel
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 661-666
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01264-6
Published electronically: May 14, 2009
On A. Weil
Yutaka Taniyama; with translation and Introduction by\\ Mark Goresky; Keiko Kawamuro
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 667-668
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01270-1
Published electronically: June 30, 2009
About the cover: Christopher Clavius, Astronomer and Mathematician
Gerald L. Alexanderson
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 669-670
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01269-5
Published electronically: July 7, 2009
The Cover of this Issue
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 671-671
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01271-3
Published electronically: July 7, 2009
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 673-681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01268-3
Published electronically: June 8, 2009
Errata to “The construction of solvable polynomials”
Harold M. Edwards
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 703-704
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01273-7
Published electronically: July 21, 2009

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

Chaotic billiards, by Nikolai Chernov and Roberto Markarian.
Reviewer: Leonid Bunimovich
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 683-690
Probabilistic symmetries and invariance principles, by Olav Kallenberg.
Reviewer: Persi Diaconis
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 691-696
Limit cycles of differential equations, by Colin Christopher and Chengzhi Li.
Reviewer: Freddy Dumortier
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 697-701