Author Archives: Edward Dunne

About Edward Dunne

I am the Executive Editor of Mathematical Reviews. Previously, I was an editor for the AMS Book Program for 17 years. Before working for the AMS, I had an academic career working at Rice University, Oxford University, and Oklahoma State University. In 1990-91, I worked for Springer-Verlag in Heidelberg. My Ph.D. is from Harvard. I received a world-class liberal arts education as an undergraduate at Santa Clara University.

David Goss reviews compactifications of Drinfeld period domains

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Here is another excellent review, this time from David Goss.  In his review of a paper by Pink and Schieder, Goss gives not just a good description of what’s in the paper, but also tells us about where the results come … Continue reading →

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Adding MR links to Wikipedia pages

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Wikipedia requires references for statements made in their entries.  If you say something and don’t support it with a citation, it will be flagged.  So you can usually count on a Wikipedia page to have ample references at the end. … Continue reading →

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Work at Mathematical Reviews

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Mathematical Reviews is hiring!  We are looking for a new Associate Editor to start in spring or summer 2016.  The new editor should have expertise in algebraic geometry, or related areas of mathematics, such as commutative rings and algebras or group theory.  

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Who wrote that?

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Much of mathematics is identified with people.  We don’t talk about Algebra, we talk about “Lang”.  We speak of “Feller”, not An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications.  But which Feller is actually this Feller?

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Ron Solomon reviews recent work on finite simple groups

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Ron Solomon has been quite involved in the study of finite simple groups and their classification.  He is one of the coauthors of the monumental book series on the subject, which starts with The Classification of the Finite Simple Groups.  Now … Continue reading →

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References and Citations

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Edward Dunne

At Mathematical Reviews, we work hard to make sure that our bibliographic data are correct.  We have more than twenty people in our Acquisitions  and Cataloging Departments who verify, verify, verify.  So that you don’t have to repeat our work, we … Continue reading →

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Theses

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Many Ph.D. programs have an arrangement with ProQuest whereby a copy of each dissertation (or Ph.D. thesis) is deposited with ProQuest and made available for ordering.  One way to find them is by going to the ProQuest website.  Another is to … Continue reading →

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Zariski surgically dissecting a flawed proof

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Edward Dunne

The problem of bad science has been in the news recently.  See, for instance this article in the New York Times, the website Retraction Watch, or this retracted article in Science.  In any of the sciences, researchers can get a sense that … Continue reading →

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MathSciNet: Moving forward by moving backward

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Edward Dunne

Mathematical Reviews has a program for extending the reach of the database to include material from the various retrodigitization projects by libraries, institutions, and publishers.  Many of these fall under the umbrella of the World Digital Mathematics Library (WDML), which … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Lists

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Edward Dunne

As many in the United States know, David Letterman retired from his late-night television show recently.  Among other things, he was known for his Top Ten Lists.   Well, the mathematically inclined do not have to go without, as MathSciNet … Continue reading →

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