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TRM Essay Competition 2026 Group VIII

The eighth group of twenty entries in the 2026 Tom Rocks Maths Essay Competition Showcase. The showcase will continue until all 600+ entries have been posted, before the winners shortlist is announced at the end of summer.

Thanks to everyone that entered, and to Oxford Lifelong Learning for supporting the competition.

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

Ever Walked Into a Room and Suddenly Forgotten WhyDownload
Every Storm Has a Still PointDownload
Exchanging Shared SecretsDownload
Expanding the Eight Queens PuzzleDownload
Poetry of the InfiniteDownload
The “Catch Me If You Can” SignalDownload
Bringing the Virtual World to Life Through a Mathematical LensDownload
How Social Media Algorithms Deceive Us MathematicallyDownload
An Illusion of SmoothnessDownload
Finding a Winning Strategy for NimDownload
Finding a Pattern in Modular MultiplicationDownload
The Pendulum and πDownload
Proof for Fermat’s Last TheoremDownload
Is There a Formula For Feeling?Download
Four Colour TheoremDownload
Fractals – The ’ematics’ in MathematicsDownload
Frequency Ratios and the Lebesgue MeasureDownload
What Numbers Can’t Be Bought?Download
From 90 Minutes to InfinityDownload
From Coin Tosses To Rocket TrajectoriesDownload

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  1. Really enjoyed the essay on the “Catch Me If You Can” signal! The explanations were so clear and it helped me understand the maths behind something I’d never thought twice about

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