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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 53, Number 4
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The emergence of gravitational wave science: 100 years of development of mathematical theory, detectors, numerical algorithms, and data analysis tools
Michael Holst, Olivier Sarbach, Manuel Tiglio and Michele Vallisneri PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 513-554
Fusion systems
Michael Aschbacher and Bob Oliver PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 555-615
An introduction to large deviations for random graphs
Sourav Chatterjee PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 617-642
$E_8$, the most exceptional group
Skip Garibaldi PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 643-671

Mathematical Perspectives


About the cover: Ramanujan in bronze
Gerald L. Alexanderson; with contributions from Leonard F. Klosinski PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 673-679
Selections Reprinted from Mathematical Reviews
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 681-691

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

Hangzhou lectures on eigenfunctions of the Laplacian, by Christopher D. Sogge.
Reviewer: Andrew Hassell
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 693-699
The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics, edited by Nicholas J. Higham.
Reviewer: Lloyd Trefethen
Review information PDF
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 701-705