Mathematical Reviews

Abstract

THE American Mathematical Society has founded a new international mathematical abstracting journal to be known as Mathematical Reviews. The first number is to appear late in 1939 or early in 1940; the material to be reviewed begins with the latter half of 1939. It is proposed to review all fields of pure mathematics and also those of applied mathematics and mathematical physics which are of pronounced interest to mathematicians. The now journal, which will be issued approximately once a month, will contain several thousand reviews annually and will run to approximately eight hundred largo double-column pages. Prof. J. D. Tamarkin and Prof. Otto Neugobauer will bo the first editors. The Carnegie Corporation has appropriated 60,000 dollars as a reserve for the now journal. The Rockefeller Foundation has made a gift of 12,000 dollars to cover some of the initial costs. Brown University is housing the project and aiding in the editorial work. The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America are each beginning with a subsidy of 1,000 dollars for the first year. Annual subsidies are being sought from other organizations, and plans for the permanent financing of the project are being considered. On account of the generous subventions, the subscription price will bo set drastically below actual cost.