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Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin, 78, Winter 2016

• Editorial, i
• Links for postgraduate study, iii

Notices from the Society

• Officers and Local Representatives, 1
• Applying for IMS Membership, 2
• Deceased Member, 3

Obituary

• B. Goldsmith Eoin Coleman (Oren Kolman) 1959 - 2015, 4

Reports

• M. Mackey President's Report 2016, 8
• D. Malone The 40th Annual General Meeting, 10
• V. Dotsenko, R. M. Timoney The 27th Annual IMS Scientific Meeting, TCD, 14

Reports of Sponsored Meetings

• K. Pfeiffer Irish Maths Learning Support Network 10th Annual Workshop, 18
• C. Mac an Bháird, A. O'Shea Adult Learning Mathematics 23rd Annual Conference, 19
• A. McKee, L. Mawhinney Young Functional Analysts' Workshop, 21
• S. Park Groups in Galway 2016, 22

Articles

• H. Alzer, R. B. Paris A Mean Value Inequality for Euler's Beta Function, 25
• W. Chu Finite Differences and Terminating Hypergeometric Series, 31
• B. Kreussler Ireland's Participation in the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad, 47
• R. N. Sheehan, F. H. Peters Bends in the Plane with Variable Curvature, 61
• B. A. Benson, R. S. Laugesen, M. Minion, B. A. Siudeja Torsion and ground state maxima: close but not the same, 81

Book Reviews

• B. Kreussler Alexandre Grothendieck: a mathematical portrait, by Leila Schneps (editor), 89
• C. Mulcahy That's Maths, by Peter Lynch, 96

Problem Page

• I. Short (editor) Problem Page, 100