William Rowan Hamilton

That’s Maths: Influential Hungarian took up position in Dias in 1954

James Hayes (17) wins prize for imaginative essay on the man who discovered Quaternions

A rating system originally developed for chess is used to match evenly-skilled players

For both mathematics and poetry, the ‘less is more’ principle often applies

William Rowan Hamilton scratched his equation on north Dublin bridge in 1843

Science fiction convention in Dublin zapped visitors with lively and intense intelligence

‘Powerful and unerring’ mathematician born in Skreen, Co Sligo, 200 years ago

Great Irish scientist William Rowan Hamilton devised the hodograph and used it in his analysis of the motions of the planets

DIAS launches new research strategy to explore space, oceans and subatomic world

Results-oriented teaching adds to perception problem, says Martin Hairer

O’Farrell and Ó Cairbre of Maynooth University honoured for raising public awareness

An Irishman’s Diary

Access Science: Maths Week encourages us to become more comfortable with how we use maths in our day-to-day lives

That’s Maths: A surprising application is to electric toothbrushes but they have many vital functions

Atiyah offers ‘simple proof using a radically new approach’ of the Riemann hypothesis

A forgotten woman of 1916, a deaf choir and Forever Young singers come together in a celebration of neighbourhood projects