Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Front cover, May 2012 MacKichan Software AMS Book and Journal Donation Program WebAssign May 2012 Table of Contents Opinion: Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Susan Friedlander and Marcelo Viana Letters to the Editor Efficient Algorithms for Solving Partial Differential Equations with Discontinuous Solutions, Chi-Wang Shu Remembering Herbert Federer, Harold Parks, Coordinating Editor Isoperimetric Pentagonal Tilings, Ping Ngai Chung, Miguel A. Fernandez, Yifei Li, Michael Mara, Frank Morgan, Isamar Rosa Plata, Niralee Shah, Luis Sordo Vieira, Elena Wikner Princeton Lectures in Analysis by Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi--A Book Review, Reviewed by Charles and Robert Fefferman with contributions from Paul Hagelstein, Natasa Pavlovic, and Lillian Pierce Mathematical Aesthetics in a Beautiful Town: Bridges Coimbra 2011, Kristof Fenyvesi Tribute to Lawrence E. Payne, Howard A. Levine, Philip Schaefer, Simon Levin WHAT IS...an Approximate Group?, Ben Green The Theory That Would Not Die--A Book Review, Reviewed by Andrew I. Dale The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution--A Book Review, Reviewed by John Hannah 2012 Mathematics Programs That Make a Difference 2012 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department Doceamus: Inquiry-Based Learning: Yesterday and Today, Ronald G. Douglas Scripta Manent: The New Publishing Scene and the Tenure Case: An Administrator's View, Daniele C. Struppa Bryn Mawr Department Receives Award, Allyn Jackson Bourgain and Tao Awarded 2012 Crafoord Prize, Elaine Kehoe Hopkins Receives NAS Award in Mathematics, Elaine Kehoe JPBM Communications Award, Elaine Kehoe MAA Prizes Presented in Boston, Elaine Kehoe AMS Awards Given in Boston, Elaine Kehoe Mathematics People Mathematics Opportunities Inside the AMS/For Your Information Reference and Book List Princeton University Press American Mathematical Society--Contributions Call for Nominations--Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize, E. H. Moore Research Article Prize, Levi L. Conant Prize, David P. Robbins Prize, Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics Officers of the Society 2011 and 2012 Updates Call for Nominations--2013 Morgan Prize Call for Nominations--AMS Exemplary Program Prize Call for Nominations--AMS Award for Mathematics Programs That Make a Difference Mathematics Calendar New Publications Offered by the AMS Classified Advertisements Meetings & Conferences of the AMS Meetings & Conferences Table oF Contents Cambridge University Press AMS Mathematics Imagery Textbooks from the AMS