Winners of the first British Society for the History of Mathematics Undergraduate Essay Prize

摘要

The BSHM announced the inaugural winners of its under-graduate essay prize as Stephanie Crampin for an essay entitled The contribution of Evariste Galois to the founding of group theory and Nicole Johannesen for The application of mathematical understanding in the ancient Olympic Games. Stephanie is a third year student studying mathematics and phi-losophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford and Nicole a third year student studying mathematics at St Andrews University.