The mind of the mathematician
The stereotype is a dishevelled scatterbrain but in reality we come in all shapes and sizes
Maths Week Ireland 2021 set to attract more than 250,000 young people
Minister for Education commends event for enhancing understanding of maths in society
Hamilton Lecture explores beauty of hyperbolic geometry
Formulas for twists and turns of shapes and surfaces intrigue Prof Caroline Series
Complexity: are easily-checked problems also easily solved?
That’s Maths: Many problems are hard to solve but easy to verify, such as Sudoku puzzles
Christmas trees and the four-colour theorem
Mapmakers and tilers have found how elegant variation can be achieved with care
A Brush with Fame – Frank McNally on William Rowan Hamilton, lockdown exercise, and alliterative bridges of the Royal Canal
An Irishman’s Diary
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin receives 2020 Maths Week Ireland award
Dr Ní Shúilleabháin praised for raising public awareness of maths
‘Mathematics seems too often to be about learning rules’
The ‘Mozart of math’ Terry Tao will deliver this year’s Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture
Celebrating the bicentenary of John Tyndall, one of Ireland’s most influential scientists
Carlow man reached the pinnacle of 19th century science but full recognition eluded him
Cornelius Lanczos: Inspired by Hamilton’s quaternions
That’s Maths: Influential Hungarian took up position in Dias in 1954
NUI Galway student does the maths to win Mary Mulvihill Award
James Hayes (17) wins prize for imaginative essay on the man who discovered Quaternions
The mathematics of fair play in video games
A rating system originally developed for chess is used to match evenly-skilled players
Maths and poetry: Beauty is the link
For both mathematics and poetry, the ‘less is more’ principle often applies
Irish mathematician Hamilton celebrated in Broombridge artwork
William Rowan Hamilton scratched his equation on north Dublin bridge in 1843
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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