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The 2004 Notices Index Index Section Page Number Index Section Page Number The AMS 1413 Memorial Articles 1424 Announcements 1414 New Publications Offered by the AMS 1425 Authors of Articles 1416 Officers and Committee Members 1425 Deaths of Members of the Society 1417 Opinion 1425 Education 1418 Opportunities 1425 Feature Articles 1418 Prizes and Awards 1426 Letters to the Editor 1419 The Profession 1428 Mathematicians 1420 Reference and Book List 1428 Mathematics Articles 1423 Reviews 1428 Mathematics History 1424 Surveys 1428 Meetings Information 1424 Tables of Contents 1428 About the Cover AMS-AAAS Mass Media Summer Fellowships, 1075 8, 207, 319, 411, 495, 619, 815, 883, 1023, 1194, 1347 AMS-AAAS Media Fellow Named, 808 AMS Associate Executive Editor Positions—Applications Invited, 602 AMS Book Prize, 450, 568 AMS Committee on Meetings and Conferences, 1249 AMS Committee on Science Policy, 1246 AMS Email Support for Frequently Asked Questions, 1365 AMS Menger Awards at the 2004 ISEF, 1235 AMS Menger Prizes at the 2004 ISEF, 913 The AMS AMS Mentoring Workshop, 1304 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification, 60, 275, 454, AMS Officers and Committee Members, 1082 572, 992, 1290 AMS Participates in Capitol Hill Exhibition, 1076 2003 AMS Election Results, 269 AMS Participates in Celebration of von Neumann’s Birth, 2003 AMS Policy Committee Reports, 264 52 2003 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences (First AMS Scholarships for “Math in Moscow”, 805 Report), 218 AMS Short Course, 1161 2003 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences (Second AMS Standard Cover Sheet, 58, 273, 452, 570, 990, 1288 Report), 789 Applications Invited for AMS Associate Executive Director, 2003 Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences (Third 525 Report), 901 Atlanta Meeting Registration Forms, 1175, 1309, 1431 2004 AMS Election (Nominations by Petition), 271 Biographies of Candidates 2004, 944 2004 AMS Elections—Special Section, 941 Call for Applications: AMS Epsilon Fund, 1074 2004 Frank and Brennie Morgan AMS-MAA-SIAM Prize for Call for Nominations for 2004 Frank and Brennie Morgan Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Under- AMS-MAA-SIAM Prize, 451, 569 graduate Student, 451, 569 Call for Nominations for 2005 AMS Book Prize, 450, 568 2004 Notices Index, 1413 Call for Nominations for 2005 Bôcher Memorial Prize, Levi L. 2004 Spring Policy Committee Reports, 1246 Conant Prize, Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory, 2004–2005 AMS Centennial Fellowships Awarded, 660 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize, Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial 2005 Summer Research Institute—Algebraic Geometry, Prize, 449, 567 1293 Call for Nominations for Leroy P. Steele Prizes, 276, 353 Acknowledgment of Contributions, 558 Call for Proposals for the 2006 Joint Summer Research Con- American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowships, 915 ferences, 1115 American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowships Call for Suggestions for 2004 AMS Election, 270 (Invitation for Applications), 1237 Correction: von Neumann Awards, 444 DECEMBER 2004 NOTICES OF THE AMS 1413 2004 Index Corrections to the 2003 Annual Survey of the Mathemat- Allgöwer Wins Leibniz Prize, 803 ical Sciences (First Report), 444 Ambrosio Wins Fermat Prize, 234 Deaths of AMS Members, 52, 348, 444, 669, 919, 1366 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elections, 804 Epsilon Awards for 2004, 553 American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowships, 915 Ethical Guidelines for the Society, 675 American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowships Experimental “Current Events” Session at Joint Meetings, (Invitation for Applications), 1237 51 AMS-AAAS Mass Media Summer Fellowships, 1075 Fan and Caldwell Scholarships Awarded, 51, 1241 AMS-AAAS Media Fellow Named, 808 Fan China Exchange Program Names Awardees, 808 AMS Book Prize, 450, 568 General Information Regarding Meetings & Conferences, AMS Menger Awards at the 2004 ISEF, 1235 84 AMS Menger Prizes at the 2004 ISEF, 913 Hawkins Presents Testimony, 668 AMS Mentoring Workshop, 1364 Jane E. Kister Retires from MR, 918 AMS Participates in Capitol Hill Exhibition, 1076 Joint Summer Research Conferences 2005, 1294 AMS Participates in Celebration of von Neumann’s Birth, Kevin Clancey Named MR Executive Editor, 807 52 Math in Moscow Scholarships Awarded, 348, 918 AMS Scholarships for “Math in Moscow”, 805 Mathematical Sciences Employment Center, 993, 1117 AP Calculus Readers Sought, 441 Mathematical Sciences Employment Center Forms, 998, Asatryan Awarded Emil Artin Junior Prize, 549 1122 Atiyah and Singer Receive 2004 Abel Prize, 649 Meetings and Conferences of the AMS, 85, 289, 373, 479, AWM Awards Presented in Phoenix, 546 591, 715, 849, 1003, 1127, 1298, 1403 AWM Essay Contest, 1075 Membership Forms, 371, 475, 589 AWM Essay Contest Winners Announced, 440, 1360 New Award for Mathematics Departments, 553 AWM Travel Grants for Women, 916 New Publications Offered by the AMS, 65, 280, 363, 462, B. H. Neumann Awards Given, 1235 577, 695, 836, 977, 1098, 1267, 1403 Banchoff Receives NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar Officers of the Society 2003 and 2004 Updates, 566 Award, 913 (A) Photographic Look at the Joint Meetings, Phoenix, 2004, Biran Awarded Oberwolfach Prize, 660 400 Bjorken and Callan Awarded 2004 Dirac Medals, 1359 Reciprocity Agreements, 1252 Brousseau and Hoyles Receive ICMI Medals, 662 Report of the Executive Director, State of AMS, 2004, 818 Call for Applications: AMS Epsilon Fund, 1074 Report of the Treasurer, 2003, 824 Call for Nominations for 2005 AMS Book Prize, 400, 568 Report on the April 2004 Council Meeting, 956 Call for Nominations for the 2005 Fermat Prize, 1075 Report on the January 2004 Council Meeting, 565 Call for Nominations for Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Retirement of Bernard R. McDonald, 668 Prize, 449, 567 Robert G. 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