The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and education, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. It was founded in 1888, the brainchild of Thomas Fiske who was impressed by the London Mathematical Society on a visit to England. Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the leading mathematical societies in the United Kingdom. ...

The AMS is an advocate of the typesetting program TeX, insisting that contributions be written in it and producing its own version, AMS-TeX. The TeX logo The TeX mascot, by Duane Bibby ΤΕΧ, written as TeX in plain text, is a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth. ... The AMS-TeX logo AMS-TeX (or AMSTeX) is a TeX macro package originally written from 1983 to 1985 by Michael Spivak for the American Mathematical Society. ...

AMS is one of the three parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM). The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) consists of American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ...

Publications

The AMS publishes Mathematical Reviews, a database of reviews of mathematical publications. Mathematical Reviews is a scientific journal edited by the American Mathematical Society offering reviews of recent mathematical papers. ...

The AMS also publishes multiple journals:

• General
  • Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society - published quarterly,
  • Electronic Research Announcements of the American Mathematical Society - online only,
  • Journal of the American Mathematical Society - published quarterly,
  • Notices of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly, one of the most widely read mathematical periodicals,
  • Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly,
  • Transactions of the American Mathematical Society - published monthly,
• Subject-specific
  • Mathematics of Computation - published quarterly,
  • Conformal Geometry and Dynamics - online only,
  • Representation Theory - online only.

See also: Mathematical Association of America The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and education, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. ... The Journal of the American Mathematical Society, often referred to by its acronym JAMS, is a mathematics journal published quarterly by the American Mathematical Society. ... Transactions of the American Mathematical Society is a monthly mathematics journal published by the American Mathematical Society. ... Mathematics of Computation is a scientific journal run by American Mathematical Society focused on computational mathematics. ... The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. ...

See also

• European Mathematical Society
• List of Mathematical Societies

The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is an european organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. ... This is a list of Mathematical Societies by country. ...

External links

• The AMS website
• Book List from the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
• MacTutor: The American Mathematical Society