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In 2002, O'Farrell established Logic Press which publishes mathematics books at various levels in both English and Irish. These range from the Irish Mathematical Olympiad Manual to undergraduate and postgraduate level texts and research monographs.
252:. O'Farrell's younger colleague Fiacre Ó Cairbre took over the organisation of the walk at the end of the 1990s, but O'Farrell always gives a speech at Broom Bridge. In 2018, O’Farrell and Ó Cairbre received the 2018 184:), outside Dublin. This appointment was notable for two reasons: he was only 28, and, while Maynooth had lay lecturers and senior lecturers, he was the first layman appointed to a chair at this traditionally 340:
1992 "The tangent stars of a set, and extensions of smooth functions" (with R.O. Watson), J. für die Reine und Angew. Math., 430 (1992) 109-137. Announced in: Bulletin IMS 26 (1991) 10-1. MR 93h:58015.
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1998 "Finitely-generated algebras of smooth functions in one dimension" (with G. Allan, G. Kakiko and R. Watson), J. Functional Analysis, 158 (1998) 458-74.
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1983 "Approximation by a sum of two algebras. The lightning bolt principle" (with D. Marshall). Journal of Functional Analysis, 52 (1983) 353-368.
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from which he earned a PhD in 1973, for a thesis on "Capacities in Uniform Approximation" done under Brian Cole. After two years at the
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Award, for "outstanding work in raising public awareness of mathematics" resulting from the founding and nurturing the Hamilton Walk.
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1976 "Sobolev approximation by a sum of subalgebras on the circle" (with J.B. Garnett), Pacific J. Math. 65 (1976) 55-63.
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2000 "Pervasive algebras of analytic functions" (with I. Netuka and A. Sanabria), J. Approx. Theory, 106 (2000) 262-75.
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1977 "Hausdorff content and rational approximation in fractional Lipschitz norms", Transactions AMS 228 (1977) 187-206.
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dimension", Inventiones Math. 89 (1987) 663-668. MR 89d: 58022. A preprint appeared as IHES preprint M/86/47 (1986).
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1984 "Approximation by polynomials in two diffeomorphisms" (with K.J. Preskenis), Bulletin AMS, 10 (1984) 105-107
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2002 "De Paepe's disc has nontrivial polynomial hull" (with A. Sanabria), Bull. LMS, 34 (2002) 490-4.
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Cruickshank, J.; McGuire, G.; O'Farrell, A.G.; Redmond, D.; Watson, R.O.; Wraith, D.J. (2013).
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1974 "A generalized Walsh-Lebesgue theorem", Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 73A(1974/75) 231-234.
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In 2012, he formally retired from Maynooth, though he remains very active in many arenas.
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From 1992-1995, he also served as head of the Computer Science Department at Maynooth.
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1997 "An example on Sobolev space approximation", Bulletin L.M.S., 29 (1997) 470-4.
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1973 "An isolated bounded point derivation", Proceedings AMS 39 (1973) 559-562.
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in 2000.   O'Farrell is 4th from right in the front row.
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Ryan, Salvador; Sheridan, John-Paul, eds. (2020-11-09).
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We Remember Maynooth: A College Across Four Centuries
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He was born in Dublin and grew up both there and in
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Maynooth
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Maynooth University
Tipperary
University College Dublin
Irish Meteorological Service
Brown University
University of California, Los Angeles
St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
Maynooth University
pontifical institution
Irish Mathematical Society
Hamilton Walk
William Rowan Hamilton
Dunsink Observatory
County Dublin
Royal Canal
Broom Bridge
Nobel laureates
Fields Medallists
Maths Week Ireland



"Retirement of Professor Anthony G. O'Farrell"
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Tony O'Farrell

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