Irish Mathematical Society

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BULLETIN Number 69 Summer 2012

ISSN 0791-5578

Contents

Editorial

Notices from the Society

• Officers and Local Representatives 1
• Applying for IMS Membership 2

Obituary

• complied by Matt McCarthy:
  James N. Flavin (1936 - 2012), 5-7

Abstract of PhD Thesis

• Robert Pluta:
  Ranges of bimodule projections and conditional expectations, 9

History of Mathematics

• Niall Madden:
  John Todd and the Development of modern Numerical Analysis, 11-24

Articles

• David Judge:
  “Odd” Matrices and Eigenvalue Accuracy, 25-32
• Robin Harte:
  Spectral permanence, 33-46
• Peter Lynch:
  The equation of time and the analemma, 47-56

Book Reviews

• Tom Carroll:
  Seán Dineen: Analysis - A Gateway to Understanding Mathematics, World Scientific, 2012, 57-59
• Fiacre Ó Cairbre:
  Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham: Magical Mathematics, Princeton University Press, 2012, 60-62
• Anthony G. O'Farrell:
  Dana Mackenzie: The Universe in Zero Words, Princeton University Press, 2012, 63-66

Problem Page, 67-70
Edited by Ian Short