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

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Contents of Volume 47, Number 4
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Mathematical general relativity: A sampler
Piotr T. Chruściel, Gregory J. Galloway and Daniel Pollack
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 567-638
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01304-5
Published electronically: July 30, 2010
On adding a list of numbers (and other one-dependent determinantal processes)
Alexei Borodin, Persi Diaconis and Jason Fulman
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 639-670
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01306-9
Published electronically: August 3, 2010
Steady water waves
Walter A. Strauss
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 671-694
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01302-1
Published electronically: July 20, 2010

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: The mathematical imagery of Lun-Yi Tsai
Aravind Asok
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 695-696
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01316-1
Published electronically: July 27, 2010
The Cover of this Issue
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 697-697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01318-5
Published electronically: August 2, 2010
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 699-703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01317-3
Published electronically: July 23, 2010

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

String topology and cyclic homology, by Ralph L. Cohen, Kathryn Hess and Alexander A. Voronov.
Reviewer: Janko Latschev
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 705-712
Sub-Riemannian geometry: general theory and examples, by Ovidiu Calin and Der-Chen Chang.
Reviewer: Richard Montgomery
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 713-722
Optimal transport: old and new, by Cédric Villani.
Reviewer: Alessio Figalli
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 723-727
Simple groups of finite Morley rank, by T. Altinel, A. V. Borovik and G. Cherlin.
Reviewer: Dugald Macpherson
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 729-734
Fukaya categories and Picard-Lefschetz theory, by Paul Seidel.
Reviewer: Ivan Smith
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 735-742
D-modules, perverse sheaves, and representation theory, by Ryoshi Hotta, Kiyoshi Takeuchi and Toshiyuki Tanisaki.
Reviewer: Dennis Gaitsgory
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (2010), 743-746