I see Trinity College, Dublin is #15 and it stills seems to offer a good range of topics. What I liked about it was you did pure maths and mathematical physics.http://www.maths.tcd.ie/undergraduate/modules/

Cuch: is the Hamilton influence still present at TCD?

QuoteOriginally posted by: QuantVaderCuch: is the Hamilton influence still present at TCD?The Maths department is in the Hamilton Building. It's a nice department. When I was there the profs were all in their early 30s and had just returned from Oxbridge, Princeton, MIT.We were like 6-10 students at each lecture. Kind of special and cosy I must say. One of the guys in my class is now prof astronomy at DIAS, so that's a good influence.One prof (Petros Florides) was Phelim Boyle's (!) supervisor. They organise a Hamilton walk every year http://www.imta.ie/newsletter105.pdf There is even a ballad of Rowan Hamilton

Super interesting Cuch. Thanks.Btw, they should rename the Hamiltonian walk. There are so many better choices: "Hamiltonian path", "Hamiltonian flow", "Hamiltonian fluid mechanics" (if it involves a pint), "Hamiltonian cycle" (if, well, you bring your bikes), ...

At the risk of going even more off-topic (apologies to OP) we could even define a Joyce path Maybe a walk for another day.

it's hard to compare undergrad programs but paris sud XI and ens have better undergrads than cambridge at least. program wise, french schools give them a bit more creativity and flexibility and british schools give a little more structure. since when is real analysis and abstract algebra high school coursework in the UK? there might be a few taking it but there are some taking it here in the US as well, actually it's ramping up much faster here.

QuoteOriginally posted by: nov1ceit's hard to compare undergrad programs but paris sud XI and ens have better undergrads than cambridge at least. program wise, french schools give them a bit more creativity and flexibility and british schools give a little more structure. since when is real analysis and abstract algebra high school coursework in the UK? there might be a few taking it but there are some taking it here in the US as well, actually it's ramping up much faster here.Do schools do algebra (e.g. Group theory) as a set of axioms and from these deduce results or are motivational examples (e.g. Rubic cube) taken to show how groups work? So, Bourbaki or not Bourbaki.