Mathematical Reviews
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005The American Mathematical Society produces, at great expense, Mathematical Reveiws, which provides a capsule summary of every paper published in a mathematics journal. Here’s something that just occurred to me today: does anyone actually use these reviews? I’ve used MR as a bibliography of papers by a particular author, but I can’t say I’ve ever read one of the reviews out of anything but idle curiousity. Does anyone else rely on this feature of MR?
Update. Apparently, it’s just me. I’ve been informed via email that everyone uses MR reviews.