American Mathematical Society
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The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. It was founded in 1888, the brainchild of Thomas Fiske who was impressed by the London Mathematical Society on a visit to England.
The AMS is an advocate of the typesetting program TeX, insisting that contributions be written in it and producing its own version, AMS-TeX.
AMS is one of the three parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM).
Publications
The AMS publishes Mathematical Reviews, a database of reviews of mathematical publications.
The AMS also publishes multiple journals:
- General
- *Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society - published quarterly,
- *[Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society] - online only,
- *Journal of the American Mathematical Society - published quarterly,
- *Notices of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly, one of the most widely read mathematical periodicals,
- *Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly,
- *Transactions of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly,
- Subject-specific
- *Mathematics of Computation - published quarterly,
- *[Conformal Geometry and Dynamics] - online only,
- *[Representation Theory] - online only.
See also
External links
- [The AMS website]
- [A Semicentennial History of the American Mathematical Society, 1888–1938] – by Raymond Clare Archibald
- [MacTutor: The American Mathematical Society]
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