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.

Yves Meyer wins the Abel Prize

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Yves Meyer has been selected to win the 2017 Abel Prize.  The citation is “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets”.  His work is certainly well known within mathematics, especially within harmonic analysis and in … Continue reading →

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Karen Smith

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Karen Smith is a mathematician at the University of Michigan, which is where she also did her Ph.D.  Her thesis was on tight closure, an important topic in commutative algebra.  There is, of course,  a lot of overlap between commutative algebra and … Continue reading →

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Quanta Magazine

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Quanta Magazine, from the Simons Foundation, has been publishing some excellent articles about mathematics.  It is not a research journal, so Mathematical Reviews doesn’t cover it.  Nevertheless, if you want to dig deeper into some of the mathematical issues discussed … Continue reading →

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#Citations

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Mathematicians are good at counting.  We can count the number of ways to roll  a 7 with two dice.  (Answer = 6.) We can count the number of ways to shuffle a deck of cards so that every card is … Continue reading →

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Things have changed

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Edward Dunne

We have given MathSciNet some upgrades. As of January 3rd, 2017, MathSciNet will be running on new software, which has allowed us to add some great new features, with more to come in February 2017.  This post provides some highlights of how … Continue reading →

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AMS Prizes and Awards – 2017

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Edward Dunne

The AMS is announcing the winners of some of the major prizes that they will award at the upcoming Joint Mathematical Meetings in Atlanta (January 4-7, 2017).  The Joint Prize Session, where prizes from the various participating societies will be presented, … Continue reading →

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Twenty thousand reviewers!

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Edward Dunne

As of November 12, Mathematical Reviews has over 20,000 active reviewers!  The input of researchers from around the world helps to make MathSciNet such a valuable tool.  We are truly grateful for your efforts. Thank you! You can see other … Continue reading →

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Links with the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Edward Dunne

One of the great – and oldest – resources for mathematics on the web is the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive.  Before there was Wikipedia, there was MacTutor.  It was founded by two mathematicians, John J. O’Connor and Edmund F. Robertson, both … Continue reading →

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French Doctoral Theses from the Entre-deux-guerres Period

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Edward Dunne

MathSciNet now has bibliographic information (metadata) for 263 French doctoral theses from the “Between Two Wars Period”: 1913-1947, courtesy of NUMDAM.  The data includes links to the full texts of these theses.  Some notable mathematicians are included in the collection. 

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MathSciNet Demos at AMS Sectional Meetings

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Edward Dunne

Editors from Mathematical Reviews will be at two upcoming AMS Sectional Meetings to give demos of MathSciNet, as well as to answer questions. This is a great chance to learn more about using MathSciNet, about updating your author profile, about … Continue reading →

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