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TRM Essay Competition 2025 – Group IV

The fourth group of essays from the 2025 TRM Essay Competition, now proudly held in partnership with the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. The showcase will take place throughout June and July with the winners being announced in August.

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False Proofs – Where Mathematics Meets Circus TricksDownload
The Mystery of Santa ClausDownload
A Brief History of CalculusDownload
Faulhaber’s FormulaDownload
A brief introduction to the discovery and different definitions of one of the most fascinating numbers in mathematicsDownload
Does moving major sports events to different locations increase their popularity?Download
Eliptic Curves and Cryptography SystemsDownload
Optimizing air travel efficiencyDownload
Some Maths Behind ChessDownload
An overview of RSA CryptographyDownload
Andy’s ProblemDownload
EthnomathematicsDownload
Euler’s identityDownload
Everything’s Related?Download
Exploring InfinityDownload
Exploring the mathematics of extraterrestrial mindsDownload
Extending factorials into the complex domainDownload
F∞d 4 ThoughtDownload
Nash Equilibrium – Strategy Across Games and MarketsDownload
FIGURE AND GROUND. THE PROHIBITED NUMBERS OF THE COLLATZ CONJECTUREDownload

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