A Semicentennial History of the American Mathematical Society, 1888-1938: With Biographies and Bibliographies of the Past PresidentsThis volume outlines the history of the AMS in its first fifty years. To download free chapters of this book, click here. |
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... Math . AJS , Amer . Journ . Sci . AL Rend . , Accademia dei Lincei , Rendiconti AM , Annals of Math . AMM , Amer . Math . Mo. AMS , Amer . Math . So. AN , Astronomische Nachrichten Annali M. , Annali di Matematica APAE , Astr . Papers ...
... Math . AJS , Amer . Journ . Sci . AL Rend . , Accademia dei Lincei , Rendiconti AM , Annals of Math . AMM , Amer . Math . Mo. AMS , Amer . Math . So. AN , Astronomische Nachrichten Annali M. , Annali di Matematica APAE , Astr . Papers ...
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... Mathematical research in America did not begin before the early part of the nineteenth century , when Nathaniel Bowditch ( 1773-1838 ) and Robert Adrain ( 1775-1843 ) made a definite , though small , beginning.1 Bowditch is popularly ...
... Mathematical research in America did not begin before the early part of the nineteenth century , when Nathaniel Bowditch ( 1773-1838 ) and Robert Adrain ( 1775-1843 ) made a definite , though small , beginning.1 Bowditch is popularly ...
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... mathematical research in America were the founding of The Johns Hopkins University in 1876 , the appointment of J. J. Sylvester ( 1814-1897 ) who was a professor there 1876-83 , and the establishment by the JHU of the American Journal ...
... mathematical research in America were the founding of The Johns Hopkins University in 1876 , the appointment of J. J. Sylvester ( 1814-1897 ) who was a professor there 1876-83 , and the establishment by the JHU of the American Journal ...
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... mathematical society for the purpose of preserving , supplementing , and utilizing the results of their mathematical studies . It is believed that the meetings of the society may be rendered interesting by the discussion of mathematical ...
... mathematical society for the purpose of preserving , supplementing , and utilizing the results of their mathematical studies . It is believed that the meetings of the society may be rendered interesting by the discussion of mathematical ...
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... mathematics , but that his necessities had forced him to become an electrical engineer . Eventually he became chief ... Mathematical Society , and to publish a historical and critical review of mathematical science . He was the first ...
... mathematics , but that his necessities had forced him to become an electrical engineer . Eventually he became chief ... Mathematical Society , and to publish a historical and critical review of mathematical science . He was the first ...
Contents
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FINANCIAL AFFAIRS SPECIAL FUNDS | 26 |
THE BULLETIN | 46 |
THE TRANSACTIONS | 54 |
COLLOQUIUM LECTURES AND COLLOQUIUM PUBLICATIONS | 64 |
THE CHICAGO GROUP AND THE CHICAGO SECTION | 72 |
ANNUAL MEETINGS | 80 |
SUMMER MEETINGS | 83 |
JOSIAH WILLARD GIBBS LECTURESHIP | 86 |
THE LIBRARY | 88 |
THE COUNCIL AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES | 94 |
THE SECRETARIES | 97 |
THE PRESIDENTS | 104 |
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