Featured Reviews in Mathematical Reviews 1995?1996: Reviews of Outstanding Recent Books and Papers

This collection of reprints of Featured Reviews published in Mathematical Reviews (MR) makes widely available peer reviews of some of the best mathematics published 1994-1996. Featured Reviews was introduced in MR at the beginning of 1995 in part to provide some guidance to the current research-level literature. With the exponential growth of publications in mathematical research in the first half-century of MR, it had become essentially impossible for the users of MR to identify the most important new research-level books and papers, especially in fields outside of users' own expertise. This first volume identifies some of the papers and books of significant importance published in 1994-1996 in areas of pure or applied mathematics. All of the papers reviewed in this book contain interesting ideas or applications, a deep synthesis of existing ideas, or any combination of these. The book is illustrated with photos. The volume leads readers to important research across all fields covered by MR.