Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Volume 26 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...W. 10. This firm will continue the publication of the Jahrbuch iiber die Fortechritte der Mathematik. Professor L. Berzolari, of the University of Pavia, and Colonel A. Crocco, of the Aeronautic Institute of Rome, have been elected corresponding members of the R. Accademia dei Lincei. Professor E. Daniele, of the University of Catania, has been appointed professor of rational mechanics at the University of Modena. Sir J. J. Thomson has been elected foreign associate of the Paris Academy of Sciences, in place of the late Professor J. W. R. Dedekind. Mr. G. H. Hardy, fellow and mathematical lecturer of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been appointed to the Savilian professorship of geometry at Oxford University. Dr. J. Proudman has been appointed professor of applied mathematics at the University of Liverpool. Professor A. G. Webster, of Clark University, has been elected honorary member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor L. D. Ames has been made registrar and Mr. Elbert Allen instructor in mathematics at the University of Missouri. At Teachers College, Columbia University, Professor C. B. Upton, of the department of mathematics, and secretary of the college since 1911, has been appointed provost. Mr. R. M. Barton has been promoted to an assistant professorship of mathematics at the University of Minnesota. Dr. H. E. Wolfe has been appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Indiana University. Professor L. S. Shively, of the department of mathematics at Mount Morris College, has been made president of the college. Mr. T. W. Jackson has been appointed head of the department of mathematics at Jamestown College. Mr. F. C. Kent has been promoted to an assistant professorship of mathematics at the Oregon Agricultural College. Mr. W. H. Sherk ...