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NEWSLETTER No. 8 September 1983

Contents

• R. Timoney:
  Irish mathematical Society , 3

News and Reports

• F. Holland:
  1983 Irish National Mathematics Contest , 5
• First Irish Invitational Mathematics Contest , 6

Letter to the Editor , 10

J. E. Spencer:
Robert Charles Geary: Mathematical Statistician, 1869-1983, 12-20

Articles

• J. Hannah:
  Putting coordinates on lattices, 21-28
• J. Ryan:
  Ten counterexamples in group theory, 29-37
• M. Stynes:
  Subdivision of simplexes---is bisection best?, 38-44

History of Mathematics

• P. J. Boland:
  A biographical glimpse of William Sealy Gosset, 45-56

Mathematical Education

• M. D. Moynihan:
  Computer education in Irish second level schools, 57-61

Recreational Mathematics

• Jim Leahy:
  “Shuffle the cards, please”, 62-67

Reviews

• G. Kelly:
  A dictionary of Statistical terms [by M. G. Kendall and W. R. Buckland, 68-69
• J. L. Synge:
  Geometrical invesitgations [by John Pottage], 70-71

Problems Page

P. J. Rippon: Problems 72

Conference reports

• T. Hurley Groups in Galway , 75
• S. T. C. Weatherup: Applied Statistics in Ireland, 78