William Rowan Hamilton
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Christmas trees and the four-colour theorem
- Science
- November 24, 2020, 14:47
When decorating our Christmas trees, we aim to achieve an aesthetic balance. Let’s suppose that there is a plenitude of baubles, but that their colour(...)

A Brush with Fame – Frank McNally on William Rowan Hamilton, lockdown exercise, and alliterative bridges of the Royal Canal
- Opinion
- October 15, 2020, 19:30
On top of being a mathematical genius, William Rowan Hamilton was a role model for good practice in the age of Covid. His epochal discovery of quatern(...)

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin receives 2020 Maths Week Ireland award
- Science
- October 14, 2020, 19:01
Prominent maths educator Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award for raising public aw(...)

‘Mathematics seems too often to be about learning rules’
- Science
- September 30, 2020, 12:42
Terry Tao is probably the world’s best problem solver in mathematics – the skill that is the essence of this essential creative science. So it’s more(...)

Celebrating the bicentenary of John Tyndall, one of Ireland’s most influential scientists
- Science
- July 31, 2020, 11:29
Kevin O’Sullivan Environment & Science Editor The life of great Irish natural philosopher John Tyndall was summed up adeptly in 2018 when the pu(...)

Cornelius Lanczos: Inspired by Hamilton’s quaternions
- Science
- July 16, 2020, 01:22
In May 1954, Cornelius Lanczos took up a position as senior professor in the School of Theoretical Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studie(...)

NUI Galway student does the maths to win Mary Mulvihill Award
- Science
- May 20, 2020, 08:00
NUI Galway maths student James Hayes (17) is the 2020 winner of the Mary Mulvihill Award, the science media competition for third-level students. The(...)

The mathematics of fair play in video games
- Science
- April 2, 2020, 01:02
Video games generate worldwide annual sales of about €140 billion. With millions of people confined at home with time to spare, the current pandemic m(...)

Maths and poetry: Beauty is the link
- Science
- October 17, 2019, 01:00
Mathematicians are not renowned for their ability to reach the deepest recesses of the human soul. This talent is usually associated with great artist(...)

Irish mathematician Hamilton celebrated in Broombridge artwork
- Science
- October 16, 2019, 09:42
Most graffiti does not stand the test of time but one ‘Eureka moment’ 176 years ago, when an equation was scratched on a bridge in North Dublin, prove(...)