Lincoln Meeting (October 31-November 1)-Page 929 Los Angeles Meeting (November 14-15)-Page 941 Notices of the American Mathematical Society October 1987, Issue 258 Volume 34, Number 6, Pages 873- 1064 Providence, Rhode Island USA ISSN 0002-9920 Calendar of AMS Meetings THIS CALENDAR lists all meetings which have been approved by the Council prior to the date this issue of Notices was sent to the press. The summer and annual meetings are joint meetings of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. The meeting dates which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this is particularly true of meetings to which no numbers have yet been assigned. Programs of the meetings will appear in the issues indicated below. First and supplementary announcements of the meetings will have appeared in earlier issues. 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