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
     
  1. Introduction
  2. The Mathematical Sciences: Their Structure and Contributions
  3. Criteria for Assessment
  4. International Comparisons
  5. Findings
  6. Federal and Nonfederal Support for Research in Academic Mathematical Sciences
  7. Objectives, Recommendations, and Milestones for NSF
  8. 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
     
    Endnotes
    Afterword