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American Mathematical Society. 



Address. 501 W. n6th Street, New York City. 



History. Organized Nov. 1888, as the New York Mathematical Society; 

 reorganized July 1894, under present name. Sections in Chicago and 

 San Francisco. Library deposited at Columbia University, New York 

 City. 



Ref.: Mathematical progress in America, by T. S. Fiske. {In Science n. s., 

 v. 21, p. 209-215. 1905.) 



Object. Encouragement and maintenance of an active interest in mathematical 

 science. 



Meetings. Last Saturday of Feb., Apr., and Oct., at time and place designated by 

 the council. Annual meeting on a date between the 26th and 3ist of Dec. A 

 colloquium has been held in connection with summer meeting at Buffalo (1896), 

 Cambridge, Mass. (1898), Ithaca (1901), and Boston (1903). Meetings of the 

 Chicago Section in Apr. and during the Christmas holidays ; of the San Fran- 

 cisco Section in Feb. and Sept. 



Membership. 480, including 32 life members (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5; 

 life composition, $50). Annual register. 



Publications. 



Bulletin of the New York mathematical society. A historical and crit- 

 ical review of mathematical science, v. I-III. 1891/92-1893/94. 

 New York, 1892-94. 8. 



m. except Aug. and Sept. On cover of single nos. : whole no. 1-30. 

 Continued as : 



BULLETIN of the American mathematical society, v. I-XI, 1894/95- 

 1904/05. New York, 1895-1905. 8. 



m. except Aug. and Sept. On cover of single nos. : whole no. 31-140. 

 Annual list of papers read before the society and subsequently published, 



including references to the places of their publication, in each vol. 

 Price: $5 per annum (free to members). 



Index to the first 13 vols. of Bulletin, 1891-1904. New York, 1904. 8. 



Authors, works reviewed and subjects, the last classified according to the 

 Repertoire bibliographique des sciences mathematiques. 



TRANSACTIONS of the American mathematical society, v. I-VI. Lan- 

 caster, Pa., and New York, 1900-05. fol. q. 



About half the cost of publication has been defrayed by contributions from 10 



universities. 

 Index to v. 1-5 in v. 5. 

 Prices: $375 per annum to members, $5 to non-members. 



Mathematical papers read at the International mathematical congress 

 held in connection with the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 

 1893. New York, 1896. 8. 



At head of title : Papers published by the . . . society, vol. I. 

 Prices: $3 to members, $4 to non-members. 



