Winners of the Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Evgeny Khukhro

Congratulations to the winners of the Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022-23 and a big thank you to all participants! A strong competition made the choices difficult for the Competition Committee, with often subtle differences in the proofs determining each place winners.

Solutions of the problems can be found here.

The results of the competition are:

1st place winner:

Julia Volovich (Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge).

2nd place winner:

Jiayi Meng (The King’s School, Grantham).

3rd place winner:

Anastasiia Nosyk (Blundell’s School, Tiverton).

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

Awards Ceremony for Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2020/2021

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Evgeny Khukhro

The Awards Ceremony for Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2020/2021 will be held as an online meeting on MS Teams on Saturday the 13th of February at 15:00 and will last about an hour.

All participants, their teachers, friends, family and members of the public are welcome!

As a participant you will receive a meeting invitation link. If you are a member of the public – please email to maths@lincoln.ac.uk before 12 February to receive an invitation to the online event.

The ceremony will also include a public online lecture

by Prof. Evgeny Khukhro

“The role of Algebra in Mathematics”,

which will have interesting facts but also open the door to see a glimpse of modern algebra research.

This year there will be no physical trophies – all trophies will be virtual as an image and will be sent by email.

Virtual Party and Maths Awards Ceremony

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Manuela Mura

On the 21st of July 2020 the school of Mathematics and Physics hosted a virtual party and Prize giving ceremony at conclusion of the academic year 2019-20.

The event began with an introduction by the head of School, followed by a quiz led by Matt Booth.

Prizes and commendations to Y1 and Y2 students for best academic achievements were supplemented with certificates and virtual handshakes.

Virtual handshaking.

Boole Prizes 2020 were awarded to David Burrows for the best performance in Year 1, and to Alexander O’Brien for the best performance in Year 2.

Commendations for outstanding results were awarded to Hollye Skidmore, Jacob Cuff and Adam Simmonds in Year 1, and to Rebekah Murrell and Ellen Bartle in Year 2.

Commendation for outstanding results in Maths and Computer Science was awarded to Joe Farrell in Year 2.

Commendation for outstanding results in Maths with Philosophy was awarded to Leah Ward in Year 1 and Charlie Arkesden in Year 2.

The event continued with a group photo, quizzes and fun facts about staff members.

Maths prizes catching up with their heroes 2019

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Evgeny Khukhro

Commendation for outstanding results in mathematics in Year 3 among MMaths students in 2018–19 was awarded to Lucas Jablonski-Buchanan. Maths prizes for our first cohort of maths graduates were presented during the graduation ceremonies and will be reported here later. Several other prizes announced earlier at Maths Awards Day found their recipients during Week 1. See the photos of the catching-up presentations below (in addition to photos from the 29 May 2018 Maths Awards Day).

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents commendation and prize to Lucas Jablonski-Buchanan

Boole Prizes-2019 were awarded to Thomas Harding for the best performance in Year 1, and to Megan Goforth for the best performance in Year 2. Commendations for outstanding results in pure maths were awarded to Jake Browning, Alexander O’Brien, and Thomas Smith in Year 1, and to Angelo Iuliano and Madeleine Long in Year 2. Commendations for outstanding results in applied maths were awarded to Lauren Berry and Rebekah Alcock Murrel in Year 1, and to Sarah-Jane Price and Ben Thompson in Year 2. Commendations for outstanding results in maths and computer science were awarded to Joe Farrell in Year 1, and to Peter Cseik in Year 2.

Dr Sandro Mattarei presents Commendation to Peter Cseik

Dr Sandro Mattarei presents Commendation to Angelo Iuliano

Dr Sandro Mattarei presents Commendation to Madeleine Long

Dr Sandro Mattarei presents Commendation to Ben Thompson

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Boole Prize to Thomas Harding

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Rebekah Alcock Murrel

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Lauren Berry

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Jake Browning

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Joe Farrell

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Alexander O’Brien

Prof. Evgeny Khukhro presents Commendation to Thomas Smith

Maths prizes catching up with their heroes

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Evgeny Khukhro

Commendation for outstanding results in mathematics in Year 3 among MMaths students in 2017–18 was awarded to Alexander Lau. Maths prizes for our first cohort of maths graduates were presented during the graduation ceremonies and will be reported here later, watch this space. Several other prizes announced earlier at Maths Awards Day found their recipients during Welcome Week. See the photos of the catching-up presentations below (in addition to photos from the 29 May 2018 Maths Awards Day).

Prof Evgeny Khukhro presents commendation and prize to Alexander Lau for best results among Year 3 MMaths students

Boole Prizes-2018 were awarded to Megan Goforth for the best performance in Year 1, and to Jordan O’Connor for the best performance in Year 2.

Commendations for outstanding results in pure maths were awarded to Mateusz Baran and Angelo Iuliano in Year 1, and to Fred Hine and Edward Mason in Year 2.

Commendations for outstanding results in applied maths were awarded to Daniel Hubbel and Benjamin McCarter in Year 1, and to Benjamin Kendrick and Sophie Marshall-Unitt in Year 2.

Commendation for outstanding results in maths and computer science was awarded to Julius Schaebitz in Year 1.