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Otices of The OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Mathematics for a New Century, Lynn Arthur Steen page 133 FEBRUARY 1989, VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2 Providence, Rhode Island, USA ISSN 0002-9920 Calendar of AMS Meetings and Conferences Thla calendar lists all meetings which have been approved prior to Mathematical Society in the issue corresponding to that of the Notices the date this issue of Notices was sent to the press. The summer which contains the program of the meeting. Abstracts should be sub­ and annual meetings are joint meetings of the Mathematical Associ­ mitted on special forms which are available in many departments of ation of America and the American Mathematical Society. The meet­ mathematics and from the headquarters office of the Society. Ab­ ing dates which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this stracts of papers to be presented at the meeting must be received is particularly true of meetings to which no numbers have been as­ at the headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Island, on signed. Programs of the meetings will appear in the issues indicated or before the deadline given below for the meeting. Note that the below. First and supplementary announcements of the meetings will deadline for abstracts for consideration for presentation at special have appeared in earlier issues. sessions is usually three weeks earlier than that specified below. For Abatracta of papera presented at a meeting of the Society are pub­ additional information, consult the meeting announcements and the lished in the journal Abstracts of papers presented to the American list of organizers of special sessions. Meetings Abstract Program Meeting# Date Place Deadline Issue 848 • April 15-16, 1989 Worcester, Massachusetts Expired March 849 • May 19-20, 1989 Chicago, Illinois March 1 April 850 • August 7-10, 1989 Boulder, Coloradot May 16 July I August (92nd Sul'lmer Meeting) 851 October 21-22, 1989 Hoboken, New Jersey August 16 October 852 • October 27-28, 1989 Muncie, Indiana August 16 October 853 November 18-19, 1989 Los Angeles, California August 16 October 854 January 17-20, 1990 Louisville, Kentucky October 11 December (96th Annual Meeting) March 16-17, 1990 Manhattan, Kansas August 8-11, 1990 Columbus, Ohio (93rd Summer Meeting) November 2-3, 1990 Denton, Texas January 16-19, 1991 San Francisco, California (97th Annual Meeting) August 8-11, 1991 Orono, Maine (94th Summer Meeting) January 8-11 , 1992 Baltimore, Maryland (98th Annual Meeting) June 29-July 1, 1992 Cambridge, England (Joint Meeting with the London Mathematical Society) January 13-16, 1993 San Antonio, Texas (99th Annual Meeting) January 5-8, 1994 Cincinnati, Ohio (100th Annual Meeting) • Please refer to page 165 for listing of special sessions. t Preregistration/Housing deadline is June 1 Conferences May 26-May 30, 1989: AMS Pure Mathematics Symposium July 10-30, 1989: AMS Summer Research Institute on on Complex Geometry and Lie Theory, Sundance Resort, Several Complex Variables and Complex Geometry, Sundance, Utah University of California, Santa Cruz, California May 29-June 9, 1989: AMS-SIAM Summer Seminar on the August 7, 1989: AMS-SIAM-SMB Symposium on Some Mathematics of Random Media, Virginia Polytechnic Mathematical Questions in Biology, Sex Allocations and Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Sex Change: Experiments and Models, University of June 3-August 5, 1989: Joint Summer Research Toronto. Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California Deadlines March Issue April Issue May/June Issue July/August Issue Classified Ads* Feb 6, 1989 Mar 10, 1989 April 21, 1989 June 12, 1989 News Items Feb 10, 1989 Mar 16 1989 April 27, 1989 June 12, 1989 Meeting Announcements•• Feb 3, 1989 Mar 9, 1989 April 20, 1989 June 5, 1989 • Please contact AMS Advertising Department for an Advertising Rate Card for display advertising deadlines. •• For material to appear in the Mathematical Sciences Meetings and Conferences section. OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ARTICLES DEPARTMENTS 131 Letters to the Editor 133 Mathematics for a New Century Lynn Arthur Steen 150 News and Announcements In his Survey Lecture for Action Group A5 (Post-Secondary Mathematics Education), presented at last summer's International 154 Funding Information for the Congress on Mathematics Education in Budapest, Professor Steen Mathematical Sciences examines the impact that computers, new applications, research in 157 Meetings and Conferences learning, research in mathematics, and socio-economic trends will have of the AMS (Listing) on university mathematics programs. 17 4 Mathematical Sciences 139 Gordon Loftis Walker (1912-1988) William J. LeVeque Meetings and Conferences Dr. LeVeque pays tribute to Gordon Loftis Walker who, during his tenure 184 New AMS Publications as Executive Director of the AMS (1959-1977), helped bring the Society 186 AMS Reports and to its present state of preeminence. Communications Recent Appointments, 186 186 Miscellaneous FEATURE COLUMNS Personal Items, 186 Deaths, 186 187 New Members of the AMS 141 Computers and Mathematics Jon Barwise This month's column features Gian-Carlo Rota's article in memory of 190 Classified Advertising the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, Larry Lambe's review of Scratchpad 207 Forms II, a programming language and computer algebra system, and Andrew Matchett's review of the program Graphical Aids for Stochastic Processes. 149 Inside the AMS: Progress in Mathematics The innovative new lecture series, which will be inaugurated at this summer's Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boulder, is presented. FEBRUARY 1989, VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2 129 Summer Meetings AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Over the past few years registration at the AMS-MAA Summer Meetings has been on the decline. Except for the Centennial Celebration last year which drew almost 1500 participants, the summer meetings have been averaging EDITORIAL COMMITTEE about 700 registrants. This is a substantial decrease from the meetings in Robert J. Blattner, Ralph P. Boas Lucy J. Garnett, Mary Ellen Rudin the 1970s where it was common to have 1000 mathematicians register for a Nancy K. Stanton, Steven H. Weintraub meeting. The decline is ever more stiking when you realize that the member­ Everett Pitcher (Chairman) ship for both the AMS and the MAA has increased by about 50% since the mid 70s. There is ever more irony to the situation since the past two regular MANAGING EDITOR summer meetings in Laramie, Wyoming and Salt Lake City, ,Utah boasted James A. Voytuk some of the best scientific programs presented at any meeting, summer or ASSOCIATE EDITORS annual. Ronald L. Graham, Special Articles Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Special Articles One can guess at some of the reasons for the decline. First, specialized meet­ ings that concentrate on a single topic and foster greater interaction between SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION participants have been on the increase. The AMS in part is responsible for Subscription prices for Volume 36 (1989) are this change with the introduction of the Summer Research Conferences in $1 08 list; $86 institutional member; $65 individual 1982. Second, travel funds from research grants are not as readily available member. (The subscription price for members is included in the annual dues.) A late charge of as they were some years ago -a:ncnriai.Vfdua:lsuare rrnich more selective when 10% of the subscription price will be imposed it comes to making their meeting plans. One other reason may stem from upon orders received from nonmembers after the advances in communication technology which allows a researcher to ex­ January 1 of the subscription year. Add for post­ change information with colleagues via electronic mail as opposed to direct age: Surface delivery outside the United States and lndia-$10; to lndia-$20; expedited deliv­ contact at a meeting. Another interesting fact, observed by analyzing the at­ ery to destinations in North America-$15; else­ tendance at a summer meeting, is the decline in the number spouses and where-$38. Subscriptions and orders for AMS children accompanying the registered participants. In the past, the summer publications should be addressed to the Amer­ meeting may have been combined with the family vacation but times have ican Mathematical Society, P.O. Box 1571, An­ changed and the trip across country by car to a mathematics meeting may nex Station, Providence, Rl 02901-9930. All or­ ders must be prepaid. be a relic of the past. ADVERTISING Whatever the reasons are, the AMS-MAA Summer Meeting is an important Notices publishes situations wanted and classi­ part of the mathematical infrastructure in this country and ways should be fied advertising, and display advertising for pub­ found to renew interest in this meeting. One step in this direction is the lishers and academic or scientific organizations. introduction of a new lecture series, Progress in Mathematics, that will begin Copyright @ 1989 by the American Mathemat­ at this year's meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The "Inside the AMS" section of ical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. this issue of Notices contains a description of the lecture series and this year's The paper used in this journal is acid-free and program. It is hoped that this series will be as popular as the current AMS­ falls within the guidelines established to ensure MAA Invited Lecture Series that draw overflow crowds at the annual and permanence and durability. § summer meetings. The Society, along with MAA, will continue to examine [Notices of the American Mathematical Society is the situation and also invites comments and reactions from the mathematical published ten times a year (January, February, community on the summer meetings. You may address your remarks to Hope March, April, MayfJune, July/August, Septem­ Daly, American Mathematical Society, P.O. Box 6248, Providence, RI 02940. ber, October, November, December) by the Amer­ ican Mathematical Society at 201 Charles Street, Providence, Rl 02904. Second class postage paid However for the present, the meeting this summer in Boulder will again at Providence, Rl and additional mailing offices.
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