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TRM Essay Competition 2025 – Group IX

The ninth 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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Zero: why it is our most annoyingly useful toolDownload
MENACE – Thinking inside the matchboxDownload
Mathematics in ArchitectureDownload
The Mathematics of Women’s FootballDownload
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Dimensionality: Don’t Panic and Mind the Extra AxisDownload
Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?Download
Matrices In Video GamesDownload
AI in Ancient RomeDownload
The Toilet War: A Mean Field Game approach to find the EquilibriumDownload
Modelling EpidemicsDownload
The use of semidefinite programming to cut cornersDownload
Predicting Fluid Behaviour: The Power of the Navier-Stokes EquationsDownload
Navigating Market Chaos: The Mathematics Behind Stock PredictionsDownload
Normal Distribution: Natural ArtDownload
On the Probability of Getting A Knight Checkmating Sequence in a Chess 960 Starting PositionDownload
On the Use of Formulae In PsychologyDownload
Seekig Truth: Dissolving the Boundaries of Philosophy and MathematicsDownload
Optimizing Traffic Flow with Calculus & AIDownload
Seeing the Matrix: How Linear Algebra Powers Facial RecognitionDownload
How to Make Money with MathsDownload

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