The DOLCIANI MATHEMATICAL EXPOSITIONS senes of the Mathematical Association of Amenca was established through a generous gift to the Association
from Mary P. Dolciaru, Professor of Mathematics at Hunter College of the City
Uruversity of New York. In makmg the gift, Professor Do1ciani, herself an excep-
tionally talented and successful expositor of mathematics, had the purpose of
furthenng the ideal of excellence in mathematical exposition.
The Association, for its part, was delighted to accept the gracious gesture
irutiating the revolving fund for this senes from one who has served the Association
WIth distinction, both as a member of the Comrruttee on Publications and as a
member of the Board of Governors It was with genuine pleasure that the Board
chose to name the senes in her honor
The books m the senes are selected for their lucid expository style and stimulat-
ing mathematical content. Typically, they contain an ample supply of exercises,
many with accompanying solutions. They are intended to be sufficiently elemen-
tary for the undergraduate and even the mathematically inclined high-school
student to understand and enjoy, but also to be interesting and sometimes challeng-
ing to the more advanced mathematician.