After a long wait (due to the incredible volume of entries), I’m excited to announce the winners shortlist for the fourth annual Teddy Rocks Maths Essay Competition. The shortlist consists of 19 entries to correspond to the 19 groups in the showcase. Part II [11-19] is below and Part I can be found here.

A great insight into both human vision and image compression on computers.

A lot of fun to read and a highly intuitive way to introduce coordinate systems.

An interesting story and a great example of how maths can be used to solve real world problems.

A lovely insight into a part of mathematical history of which I was previously unaware.

An interesting puzzle explained with some neat maths.

A new way of looking at a classical problem, with some real maths to boot!

A fascinating read from start to finish – I loved it!

A highly entertaining way of presenting an important – but often monotonous – topic.

Uses our love of big numbers to introduce a range of niche mathematical topics.