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Editorial Board: J.-B NEWSLETTER OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY S E European September 2017 M M Mathematical Issue 105 E S Society ISSN 1027-488X Feature Writing Positive Polynomials as Sums of (Few) Squares Interviews Abel Laureate Yves Meyer Laure Saint-Raymond History On the Traces of Operators (from Grothendieck to Lidskii) Obituary Maryam Mirzakhani Yves Meyer (Photo: Peter Badge) Journals published by the Managing Editors: G. Farkas (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany) Y. Tschinkel (New York University, USA) Editorial Board: J.-B. Bost (Université Paris-Sud, France); L. Caporaso (Università Roma Tre, Italy); J. Ellenberg (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA); S. Kebekus (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany); E. Looijenga (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands); D. Maulik (Columbia University, New York, USA); R. Pandharipande (ETH Zürich, Switzerland); M. Popa (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA); A. Szenes (Université de Genève, Switzerland); R. Thomas (Imperial College, London, UK); A. Vistoli (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy); S. Zhang (Princeton University, USA) Aims and Scope ISSN print 2313-1691 Algebraic Geometry is an open access journal owned by the Foundation Compositio ISSN online 2214-2584 Mathematica. The purpose of the journal is to publish first-class research papers in algebraic 2018. Vol. 5. 5 issues geometry and related fields. All contributions are required to meet high standards of quality and Approx. 600 pages. 21.0 x 28.0 cm originality and are carefully screened by experts in the field. Price of subscription: Open access implies here that the electronic version of the journal is freely accessible and that 198¤ for the print edition there are no article processing charges for authors whatsoever. The printed version of the journal will be available from the EMS Publishing House at the end of the calendar year, comprising all issues of the year in one hard bound volume. Editor-in-Chief: Gerhard Huisken, Golm (Director, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach) Scientific Committee: Nalini Anantharaman, Strasbourg; Franck Barthe, Toulouse; Jean Bertoin, Zürich; Michel Brion, Grenoble; Bas Edixhoven, Leiden; Martin Hairer, Coventry; Ursula Hamenstädt, Bonn; Annette Huber-Klawitter, Freiburg; Rupert Klein, FU Berlin; Gérard Laumon, Paris; Monique Laurent, Amsterdam; Bernard Leclerc, Caen; Christian Lubich, Tübingen; Enno Mammen, Mannheim; Philippe Michel, Lausanne; Felix Otto, MIS Leipzig; Michael Rathjen, Leeds; Tristan Rivière, Zürich; Thomas Schick, Göttingen; Bernd Siebert, Hamburg; Catharina Stroppel, Bonn; Endre Süli, Oxford; Andreas Thom, Dresden; Xavier Tolsa, Barcelona; Günter M. Ziegler, TU Berlin Aims and Scope The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach regularly organizes workshops in all fields of Mathematics. 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