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Notices of the American Mathematical Society ABCD Springer.Com ISSN 0002-9920 Notices of the American Mathematical Society ABCD springer.com Highlights in Springer’s eBook Collection of the American Mathematical Society August 2009 Volume 56, Number 7 Guido Castelnuovo and Francesco Severi: NEW NEW NEW Two Personalities, Two The objective of this textbook is the Blackjack is among the most popular This second edition of Alexander Soifer’s Letters construction, analysis, and interpreta- casino table games, one where astute How Does One Cut a Triangle? tion of mathematical models to help us choices of playing strategy can create demonstrates how different areas of page 800 understand the world we live in. an advantage for the player. Risk and mathematics can be juxtaposed in the Students and researchers interested in Reward analyzes the game in depth, solution of a given problem. 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Rose 800 Guido Castelnuovo and Francesco Severi: Two Personalities, Two Letters Commentary Donald Babbitt and Judith Goodstein 797 Opinion: Congressional Testimony in Support of The authors present excerpts from letters to NSF Beniamino Segre from Francesco Severi and Guido James Glimm and Castelnuovo, and tell stories of these important math- Samuel M.
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