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philip
22-02-2006, 19:34
Here's one for geeks....
Broombridge's place in mathematical history (http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~ncrato/Dublin/)

and a better set of pictures....
Here (http://www.jgcampbell.com/hamilton/)
James Shields
22-02-2006, 20:37
Yes indeed. I'm not sure if it's the only plaque erected to a mathematical formula, but it was certainly the first.
Mark Hennessy
22-02-2006, 21:52
There is a walk every year to commenorate Hamiltons discovery.
Is starts at Dunsink followed by a jaunt down the fields ending up at Broombridge beside the plaque.
PaulM
22-02-2006, 22:21
There is a walk every year to commenorate Hamiltons discovery.
Is starts at Dunsink followed by a jaunt down the fields ending up at Broombridge beside the plaque.

I was just about to post the same. You probably know that because (like me) you are a Maynooth person. ;)
Mark Hennessy
23-02-2006, 00:02
I was just about to post the same. You probably know that because (like me) you are a Maynooth person.

Damn straight, the maths dept organise it every year, usually it is a low key affair but the year I went ( 2003 i think ), we all got our selves on the front of the Times the next day. Must have been a slow news day :D
PaulM
23-02-2006, 00:20
Damn straight, the maths dept organise it every year, usually it is a low key affair but the year I went ( 2003 i think ), we all got our selves on the front of the Times the next day. Must have been a slow news day :D

Was it Tony O'Farrell or John Foye who used to always go on about it? I never went on the walk as it meant going to Broombridge. Would like to see the plaque though.