Notices of the American Mathematical Society

In the spirit of Alladi Ramakrishnan’s profound interest and contributions to three fields of science — Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics — this volume contains invited surveys and research articles from prominent members of these communities who also knew Ramakrishnan personally and greatly respected his influence in these areas of science. Historical photos, telegrams, and biographical narratives of Alladi Ramakrishnan’s illustrious career of special interest are included as well. June/July 2010 Front Cover MacKichan Software AMS Feature Column Birkhauser June/July 2010 Table of Contents Opinion: Anton Geraschenko, Scott Morrison, Ravi Vakil WebAssign Letters to the Editor ICIAM 2011 Call for Papers 2010 Nemmers Prize Announced The Mathematical Side of M. C. Escher, Doris Schattschneider Call for Nominations 2011 Morgan Prize The Giant Component: The Golden Anniversary, Joel Spencer About the Cover: Coxeter and Escher, Bill Casselman Graph Theory in the Information Age, Fan Chung Hadwiger's Conjecture and Seagull Packing, Maria Chudnovsky WHAT IS...a Kinetic Solution for Degenerate Parabolic-Hyperbolic Equations? The Mathematical Dramatist: Interview with Gioia De Cari, Julie Rehmeyer The Calculus of Friendship--A Book Review, reviewed by Lawrence S. Braden New Textbooks from the MAA Tate Receives 2010 Abel Prize Yau and Sullivan Awarded 2010 Wolf Prize Doceamus: On Buckets and Fires, Herbert S. Wilf Crossword Puzzle AMS Homework Software Survey, Elaine Kehoe Mathematics People Mathematics Opportunities Inside the AMS Reference and Book List Call for Nominations for AMS Exemplary Program Prize Mathematics Calendar New Publications Offered by the AMS Classified Advertisements Meetings and Conferences of the AMS Meetings and Conferences Table of Contents Cambridge University Press AMS Books--for the Avid Reader Springer