Questions tagged [math-contests]
For questions about math contests, such as the Putnam competition, Math Olympiad, American Math Competition, etc. This might include questions about designing problems, or working with students to succeed at these contests.
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How can graduates learn and apply university-level math, but fail to solve competition problems?
It's pretty common for people to learn and apply university-level math yet not be able to solve competition problems.
Isn't this sentence a contradiction? Please unpack this sentence? Is https://redd....
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How would you prepare students for "Alice and Bob" Putnam problems?
Every year the Putnam Competition features at least one question that describes Alice and Bob playing game, and asks for one player's winning strategy or something similar. Since these questions are ...
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International mathematical olympiad-type competitions at lower levels, and if they exist, their educational usefulness?
Educators in many countries have found that preparing highly motivated students for national and international mathematical olympiads can be useful in training them in mathematical ways of thinking.
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Are the standard of questions provided in reputed institutions like MIT, Stanford, Oxford, etc., as good as the problems of IMO?
I did not win the International Mathematics Olympiad, so I was very curious to know the standard of questions asked in the graduate and undergraduate courses of maths and computer science in ...
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What will happen if someone doesn’t make it to the IMO team?
I am highly interested in mathematics, and solving Olympiad maths problems has been a type of hobby for me. But due to my age, I will never be able to give the olympiads a go again. I want to know ...
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How does a math Olympian fare in undergraduate maths courses?
I am a maths enthusiast and have been exposed to maths olympiad problems for some time. I wanted to know how does a math Olympian do in undergraduate courses of mathematics, statistics or computer ...
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MathArt contest about Aesthetic Conformal Image Mapping [closed]
At the moment a MathArt contest is running about Aesthetic Conformal Image Mapping were individuals and classes can participate:
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/MathArt-Contest-Aesthetic-Conformal-...
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Recommendations for secondary student interested in maths
As a student attending a grammar school in the UK ,I have been fortunate to have access to various opportunities to showcase my mathematical abilities. These include participating in maths challenges ...
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Ideas for game-theoretic meta contest problems for HS students
$\text{Hi,}$ new contributor here. I am a teacher's assistant for a class in a Math Circle program for mathematically advanced high school (and occasionally a few middle school) students. I was ...
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Resources to qualify for AIME
I am trying to qualify for AIME this year and get a score of at least $5$ or $6$. (If anyone doesn't know, AIME is the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. You need to get a decent score on ...
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Hourly math contests online
You can play chess online anytime you want to, even against a human opponent of your level, even in hourly competitions.
It would be nice to have the same thing in math, at least for kids.
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Is the AMC 10/12 Test the Difference Maker for Top Schools? What do Colleges Look for?
The AMC 10/12 test is a test used in a math competition for high school students.
I have a few students that know LaTeX who are very young and are extremely advanced for their age in high school. As a ...
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IMO selection process in Pakistan
I have been searching for the International Math Olympiad(IMO) qualification process in Pakistan and I found out that students take the NMTC(National Mathematics Talent Contest) paper which to get ...
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Combinatorial problems which can be solved with polynomials
Can someone please post some (relatively easy, high school level) combinatorial problems which can be solved with polynomials (but not generating functions).
Here is an example of one such problem:
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Learn university maths or train for high school competitions: which is better?
I sometimes see people arguing against concentrating too many resources in high school maths competition (such as IMO) training. Their reasons they give are usually the following:
Competitions are a ...
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