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BULLETIN Number 45 Christmas 2000

ISSN 0791-5578

Contents

Editorial

• Notices from the Society
  Officers and Local Representatives ..................................... 1
• Applying for IMS Membership .............................................. 2
• Honorary Members ................................................................ 3
• Minutes of the Ordinary meeting, 7 September 2000 .......... 4

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• The 13th September Meeting
• Programme .............................................................................. 7
• Abstracts of contributions ................................................... 10

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• Announcements of meetings and conferences ................... 27
• Departmental News .............................................................. 31

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• Survey Articles
• Francesc Perera:
  Algebraic Aspects in the Classification of C*-Algebras .... 33
• Albrecht Böttcher:
  C*-Algebras in Numerical Analysis ................................... 57
• Alejandro Sanabria-Garcia:
  Polynomial Hulls of Smooth Discs: A Survey .................. 135
• Miscellanea
• Mohamed Akkouchi:
  On a Problem of Finbarr Holland ....................................... 155

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