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TRM Essay Competition 2025 – Group XV

The fifteenth 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.

If you enjoy reading any of the essays, be sure to leave a comment to let the author know!

To Promote Cooperation, Reduce It – The Prisoner’s Dilemma and SpaceDownload
Using Mathematics to model the emotive effect of colour in filmDownload
How do we arrive at mathematical truths?Download
Look no hands – the maths of cycling hands-freeDownload
Apollonian Circle Packings – Hidden Symmetries and Infinite PatternsDownload
What is the strongest shape?Download
Four dimensional numbers and beyondDownload
The problem that broke the world of mathematicsDownload
A game of two symbols – an introduction to the arithmetic hierarchyDownload
Turtles All The Way DownDownload
An introduction to partial derivatives for beginners – by a beginnerDownload
Solar System DynamicsDownload
The mathematics of nature – unravelling Turing patternsDownload
In the pursuit of differentiation – an exploration of 17th-century mathematical methodsDownload
Finding the fastest path to cross a riverDownload
Stagnating on the path to stagnation: the curious case of slow-growing functionsDownload
The mathematics of cricket: a personal journeyDownload
The Ingenious Insight of New PerspectivesDownload
The Language of Physics: how much mathematics do physicists need?Download
The maths behind wings in model F1 carsDownload

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  1. I really liked Turtles all the way down, it reminded me a lot of Mr Tompkins in Wonderland by George Gamow. Which is a physics and chemistry book that I would really recommend. Also finding the fastest path across the river was really good and the maths was very impressive!

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