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TRM Essay Competition 2025 – Group XVI

The sixteenth 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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What is the most optimum target in darts?Download
Dirac on the dancefloorDownload
How mathematics will break cybersecurityDownload
The Travelling Salesman Problem: why finding a perfect route is so hardDownload
What would happen if humans met their anti-matter counterparts?Download
The Indecipherable Cipher: The One-Time PadDownload
Where is the Virtual Image of an Underwater Object?Download
Vector Fields In MotionDownload
Uncovering ChaosDownload
Shining the (Sun)light on OptimisationDownload
Behind the Mask: A Mathematical Analysis of Persona 5Download
The Hidden Maths Behind Everyday LifeDownload
What is the Most Damage you can do in Pokémon, and what does itDownload
Understanding Fuel Consumption, The Effect of the Weather on AviationDownload
Getting the Lay of the LandDownload
Vector Calculus in Classical ElectromagnetismDownload
What is a Telescope?Download
What Are the Odds of Creating a Real Dinosaur?Download
How to make friends (mathematically)Download
Typography and Mathematics (and how the Apple Mac changed everything)Download

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