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Death of a Schoolmaster NEWSLETTER OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ERCOM Feature History Interview MPI-Leipzig Chaotic vibrations Edinburgh Math Soc Pierre Cartier p. 35 p. 19 p. 27 p. 31 December 2009 Issue 74 ISSN 1027-488X S E European M M Mathematical E S Society ems Dec_09.qxp 24/11/2009 08:39 Page 1 MaMathemathematicstics Book Bookss 1 FROMFROM OO XFXF ORDORD Introduction to Applied Algebraic Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that all Systems EMS members can benefit from a 20% discount on a large Norman R Reilly range of our Mathematics books. For more information This upper level undergraduate textbook please visit: www.oup.com/uk/sale/science/ems provides a modern view of algebra with an eye to new applications that have arisen in recent years. 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