The eleventh 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!

Krzysztof describes a new set of rules for the order of operations in a calculation.

Ashrith shines a light on the work of Turing and Gödel.

This essay explores the range of solutions to Bertrands Paradox.

Sophie explains how the Mandelbrot set is calculated.

Cameron applies Information Theory to find the optimal method to solve Wordle.

Aleena provides an overview of one of the most famous problems in all of Maths.

Emma looks at how maths is used to understand the universe.

This essay travels back in time through the history of Algebra.

This essay takes a closer look at some of the properties of the infinite.

This essay explores the links between graph theory and economics.

Jiya discusses the issues of logical argument.

Aadi investigates whether time travel could indeed be possible.