The second group of essays from the 2023 Teddy Rocks Maths Competition. The showcase will take place throughout June and July with the winners being announced at the end.

The competition is organised with St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford and offers a cash prize plus publication on the university website for the winners. It will be running again in early 2024 so be sure to follow Tom (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube) to make sure you don’t miss the announcement!

Tristan explains Monte Carlo simulations and their many uses to estimate measurements.

This essay discusses the prevalence of chance when determining the path your life will take.

Joe provides a succinct overview of the topic of Graph Theory.

Ranjan explains Kepler’s Laws and how they are used to understand planetary motion.

This essay looks at the 3-body problem and how the maths used to try to understand it led to developments further afield.

This essay focuses on factorials and their extension to non-integers through the Gamma Function.

This essay looks at Gödels Incompleteness theorems and their impact on computing.

The story of one person’s adventures when taking a maths exam.

Selina investigates the occurrence of infinity throughout history.

Francis applies mathematical modelling to the human heart.

This essay looks at how chaos theory and fractals can be applied to issues concerning human health.

Momina explores the implications of Gödels Incompleteness Theorems.