From Irena Swanson and Craig Huneke: The book “Integral Closure of Ideals, Rings, and Modules”, by Craig Huneke and Irena Swanson, is now available online at http://www.reed.edu/~iswanson/book.
From the AMS: HENRI CARTAN, 1904-2008
Henri Cartan, one of the outstanding mathematicians of the twentieth century, died August 13 at the age of 104. Cartan, the son of mathematician Elie Cartan, was one of the founding members of the Bourbaki group and made important contributions to many areas of mathematics, including complex analysis, algebraic topology, and homological algebra. He co-authored Homological Algebra with Samuel Eilenberg and ran the Seminaire Cartan in Paris from 1948 to 1964. Cartan was elected to more than a dozen academies in Europe, the U.S., and Japan, and received the Wolf Prize in 1980. In addition to his work in mathematics, he is also known for his efforts to promote human rights and for restoring relations between mathematicians in France and Germany after World War II. More about Cartan’s life and work is in “Interview with Henri Cartan” by Allyn Jackson in the August 1999 Notices.
Also Manuel Blickle has posted some photos from the recent conference in honor of Mel Hochster.
Update 28 August: We have learned that Masayoshi Nagata passed away on 27th August at the age of 81. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
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