Notices of the American Mathematical Society Journal - August 2014 - Volume 61, No. 7

This book presents elementary models of transport in continuous media and a corresponding body of mathematical technique. Physical topics include convection and diffusion as the simplest models of transport; local conservation laws with sources as the general framework of continuum mechanics; ideal fluid as the simplest model of a medium with mass; momentum and energy transport; and finally, free surface waves, in particular, shallow water theory. There is a strong emphasis on dimensional analysis and scaling. Some topics, such as physical similarity and similarity solutions, are traditional. In addition, there are reductions based on scaling, such as incompressible flow as a limit of compressible flow, and shallow water theory derived asymptotically from the full equations of free surface waves. More and deeper examples are presented as problems, including a series of problems that model a tsunami approaching the shore. The problems form an embedded subtext to the book. Each problem i August 2014 Front Cover Hindawi Publishing AMS XYZ Series WebAssign August 2014 Table of Contents AMS Centennial Fellowship Fund AMS Blogs Opinion: Mathematics Is a Quest for Truth, Harry Tamvakis Letters to the Editor and About the cover AMS Math in Moscow Scholarships Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927--2012), Michael Atiyah and Don Zagier, Coordinating Editors AMS Find a Graduate Program Call for Applications and Nominations for Notices Chief Editor Is There a Spectral Theory for All Bounded Linear Operators?, Longyun Ding and Su Gao Solving Rota's Conjecture, Jim Geelen, Bert Gerards, Geoff Whittle Report on 2012--2013 Academic Recruitment and Hiring, William Yslas Velez, James W. Maxwell, Colleen Rose Optimizing Without Derivatives: What Does the No Free Lunch Theorem Actually Say?, Loris Serafino Scripta Manent: Open Texts on the Web, Taking the Next Step, Michael Doob Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe--A Book Review, Reviewed by Brian E. Blank WHAT IS...a Rauzy Fractal?, Pierre Arnoux and Edmund Harriss ASA Accreditation Program Mathematicians Discuss the Snowden Revelations: NSA and the Snowden Issues, Richard George Lustig Awarded Shaw Prize Planning a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research, Jim Pitman and Clifford Lynch Mathematics People, Mathematics Opportunities, Inside the AMS Reference and Book List Call for Applications and Nominations for Mathematical Reviews Executive Editor Voting Information for the 2014 AMS Elections Mathematics Calendar New Publications Offered by the AMS Classified Advertisements Conferences: Call for Proposals for 2016 von Neumann Symposium MAA New ODE Textbook Meetings and Conferences of the AMS Meetings and Conferences Table of Contents Hindawi Publishing rnoti-aug-14-cov4