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TRM Essay Competition 2026 Group XXIII

The twenty third 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!

The SAD reality of our inability to count grains of sandDownload
The search for a mathematically perfect scaleDownload
The shape which maximises area for a given perimeter can never be a Concave ShapeDownload
The Sourdough ManifoldDownload
The Statistically Most Average CountryDownload
The Sulba Sutras: A Vedic Approach to ApproximationDownload
The Symbolism behind Mathematical SymbolsDownload
The Trajectory Of A ShuttlecockDownload
The Twin Prime ConjectureDownload
The World Through FibonacciDownload
The 109 percent Problem: What a Flawed Obesity Study Can Teach Us About the Premier LeagueDownload
The Absurdity of Disappearing BallsDownload
Why Pi Appears Where It Shouldn’tDownload
The Infamous Question 6Download
The Last Fair VoteDownload
The Optimal Choice For An IndividualDownload
The point that refuses to moveDownload
The Central Limit Theorem of Human PerceptionDownload
Theta Function And Its OriginDownload
A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of the Desire SensorDownload

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