REPORT OF THE SENIOR ASSESSMENT PANEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
March 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Preface
- Executive Summary
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- Introduction
- The Mathematical Sciences: Their Structure and
Contributions
- Criteria for Assessment
- International Comparisons
- Findings
- Federal and Nonfederal Support for Research
in Academic Mathematical
Sciences
- Objectives, Recommendations, and Milestones for
NSF
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Senior Assessment Panel
Membership
- Appendix 2. Assessment of Subfields
- Appendix 3. Possible Trends in the Coming
Decades
- Appendix 4. Basic Research in Mathematics:
Collaboration between Academic and Industry
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- Endnotes
- Afterword