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Sat 10 Oct 2009Canal-side pilgrimage recalls inspired piece of vandalism
IRELAND'S MOST famous mathematician was something of a vandal, scratching the formula for one of his greatest discoveries on to a bridge in Cabra.
The structure, Broombridge, now bears no sign of the graffiti, but each year Hamilton's discovery is marked with a pilgrimage from his former home at Dunsink Observatory and along the Royal Canal.
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