The Irish Times

The mind of the mathematician

The stereotype is a dishevelled scatterbrain but in reality we come in all shapes and sizes

Thu Jan 06 2022 - 01:01

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

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 17:47

Hamilton Lecture explores beauty of hyperbolic geometry

Formulas for twists and turns of shapes and surfaces intrigue Prof Caroline Series

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 17:06

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

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 01:00

Christmas trees and the four-colour theorem

Mapmakers and tilers have found how elegant variation can be achieved with care

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 14:47

A Brush with Fame – Frank McNally on William Rowan Hamilton, lockdown exercise, and alliterative bridges of the Royal Canal

An Irishman’s Diary

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 19:30

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin receives 2020 Maths Week Ireland award

Dr Ní Shúilleabháin praised for raising public awareness of maths

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 19:01

‘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

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 12:58

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

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 11:29

Cornelius Lanczos: Inspired by Hamilton’s quaternions

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

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 01:22

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

Wed May 20 2020 - 08:00

The mathematics of fair play in video games

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

Thu Apr 02 2020 - 01:02

Maths and poetry: Beauty is the link

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

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 01:00

Irish mathematician Hamilton celebrated in Broombridge artwork

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

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 09:42

Net Results: Sci-fi, spandex and the wonders of WorldCon

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

Thu Aug 29 2019 - 05:30

Call for greater recognition of George Stokes’s contribution to science

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

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 02:55

Kepler’s vanishing circles hidden in Hamilton’s Hodograph

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

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 09:48

Quantum leap for Dublin in the search for exoplanets

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

Thu Nov 29 2018 - 06:00

Exams encourage idea maths is hard and boring, says top mathematician

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

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 01:16

Irish mathematicians receive Maths Week Ireland Award

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

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 01:00

Pork Scratchings, Stone-Age Style – Frank McNally on the Black Pig’s Dyke

An Irishman’s Diary

Wed Oct 17 2018 - 18:30

Fish, photos and fun – the everyday of maths

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

Thu Oct 11 2018 - 00:00

The many modern uses of quaternions

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

Thu Oct 04 2018 - 01:00

Explainer: Has Michael Atiyah conquered the Everest of mathematics?

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

Mon Sept 24 2018 - 16:00

Hoist The Flag: Long-lost 1916 song by a woman is performed in Collins Barracks

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

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 11:00

Creative advantage of youth an age-old question in science

Forties become the new 20s for physicists as Nobel-winning work takes longer to achieve

Thu Jun 22 2017 - 06:10

The Irish man who discovered quaternion algebra

This month 173 years ago, William Rowan Hamilton had his ‘eureka’ moment as he walked along the Royal Canal

Wed Oct 26 2016 - 12:00

Researchers taking a closer look at our exposure to persistent organic pollutants

NUI Galway study seeks to establish pathways through which people are exposed

Thu Oct 13 2016 - 00:00

That’s Maths: Where are the successors to William Rowan Hamilton?

Many of the world’s greatest mathematicians had their interest sparked in the subject in their early years

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 01:00

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: The scientific origins for ‘saints and scholars’

While we might not always celebrate our scientific heritage, it is entwined with our history and culture

Thu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00

Cork’s Imperial Hotel celebrates 200 years of business

Daniel O’Connell, Charles Dickens,Michael Collins, Maureen O’Hara among past guests

Fri Jun 17 2016 - 07:29

Nobel prize comes dropping slow for William Campbell

The path to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine tonight stretches to curiosity sparked in TCD in the 1950s

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 00:38

It’s not rocket science, but networking brings us all together

Hamilton Day Lecture examines networks at Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin

Fri Oct 16 2015 - 17:24

Miriam Lord: Departure time for Enda and Joan’s gravy train

Recycled and rewarmed capital plan arrives from sidings in time for election campaign

Wed Sept 30 2015 - 01:00