International Physics Olympiads
IPhO
An annual competition for secondary school students

President:
Dr. Waldemar Gorzkowski

Secretary:
Prof. Maija Ahtee
 

Last Olympiad
Next Olympiad

 

33rd International Physics Olympiad (Indonesia, 2002)
 



32nd International Physics Olympiad (Turkey, 2001)
 


31st International Physics Olympiad (UK, 2000)

Visit also: Stefan's IPhO-2000 pages
 


30th International Physics Olympiad (Italy, 1999)
 


29th International Physics Olympiad (Iceland, 1998)
 


28th International Physics Olympiad (Canada, 1997)
 


27th International Physics Olympiad (Norway, 1996)
 


26th International Physics Olympiad (Australia, 1995)

 

 

A Collection of Math-Olympiad-Problems


Disclaimer: these files are just mirrored files from elsewhere on the net. So, I am not the author of them.

More links to Math Olympiad-sites can be found in my Math Catalog.

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

Logos from the International Math Olympiad 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 (I omitted 1997's logo which I find rather dull).

Pdf-file with problems from 2000.

TeX-files with problems from 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.

Other file formats are available at http://imo.math.ca/.

Html-files with all olympiads are available at http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/imo.html.
IMO-problem proposals are available at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/7174/otros/banki.htm.

The Asian Pacific Math Olympiad

The `Asian Pacific Math Olympiad' is a regional math Olympiad involving countries around the Pacific Rim.

Pdf-files with problems from 1998, 2000.
Tex-files with problems from 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999.

Other file formats are available at http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/APMO/.

The Austrian-Polish Math Competition

Dvi-files with problems from 1994, 1995.

Pdf-files with problems from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Other file formats are available at http://www.icm.edu.pl/home/olimp/.

The Balkan Math Olympiad (BMO)

Html-files with problems from 1996, 1998, 1999.

Other years are available at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/7174/otros/banki.htm.

The `Baltic-Way'

The `Baltic-Way' is a Baltic Math Contest.

Dvi-files with problems from 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.

Pdf-files with problems from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Other file formats are available at http://www.hh.schule.de/ifl/mathematik/baltic-way.htm and at http://www.icm.edu.pl/home/olimp/.

The Bulgarian Math Olympiad

Ps-files with problems from 1995 (3rd, 4th round), 1996 (3rd, 4th round), 1997 (3rd, 4th round), 1998 (3rd, 4th round), 1999 (3rd, 4th round).

Also available (and other Bulgarian math competitions) at http://www.math.bas.bg/bcmi/.

The Canadian Math Olympiad (CMO)

Pdf-file with problems from 1969-1997.

Tex-files with problems from 1998, 1999, 2000.

Other file formats are available at http://www.cms.math.ca/CMS/Competitions/CMO/.

Estonian Mathematical Contests

If you are good at Estonian, try your hand at the Matemaatika olümpiaadid site.

The Flanders Math Olympiad (VWO)

VWO

Logo from the Flanders Math Olympiad
Ps-files with problems from 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Pdf-files with problems from 2000, 2001.

Other file formats are available at http://www.kulak.ac.be/vwo/uk/vwowwwuk.html.

The German Math Olympiad (DeMO)

Logo from the `Mathematik-Olympiaden e.V.'

Ps-files from the 34th German Math Olympiad: DeMO340841.ps, DeMO340844.ps, DeMO340941.ps, DeMO340946.ps, DeMO341043.ps, DeMO341341.ps (German).

DeMOabcdef means: question f from round e from the ab-th Olympiad for class cd.

There are 4 rounds in the German Math Olympiad:
1st round: `Shulolympiade'
2nd round: `Kreisolympiade'
3rd round: `Landesolympiade'
4th round: `Bundesolympiade'.

The Irish Math Olympiad (IMO)

Ps-files with problems from 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.

The Niels Abels Contest

The `Niels Hendrik Abels matematikk-konkurranse' is a kind of Norwegian Math Olympiad.

Ps-files with problems from 1993 (1st round, final round), 1994 (1st round, final round), 1995 (1st round, 2nd round, final round), 1996 (1st round, 2nd round, final round), 1997 (1st round, 2nd round, final round).

The Polish Math Olympiad

Dvi-files with problems from 1993 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1994 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1995 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1996 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round).

Pdf-files with problems from 1997 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1998 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1999 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 2000 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 2001 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round).

Other file formats are available at http://www.icm.edu.pl/home/olimp/.

The Romanian Math Olympiad

Html-files with problems from 1996, 1997.

TeX-files with problems from 1997 (part 1), (part 2).

Singapore Math Olympiad

An html-file with problems from 1993 and 1995 and a LaTeX-file with problems from 1996.

The Nordic Math Contest

Ps-files with problems from 1994, 1995, 1996.

U.S.S.R. Math Olympiad

A text-file with problems from 1961-1987.

USA Math Olympiad (USAMO)

LaTeX-files with problems from 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.

National Math Olympiads

Most nations that participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad have some sort of IMO-style exam of their own as a qualifier for the IMO. The links below lead to olympiad resources for the indicated countries or groups. (I have explicitly marked pages not in English.)

 


 More stuff worth seeing:

   IPhO participants - personal homepages

   IPhO problems - links to IPhO problems of the last years

   Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) - for students from Asia

   Regional physics olympiads - throughout the world

   Physics Olympiads mailing list - questions, experiences, etc.

   Statutes of the IPhO,  IPhO Syllabus  and  IPhO Hosts

   BAUPC - physics competition for the undergaduates

   Links - to other interesting physics-related websites

 

The International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) is an annual mathematics competition for high school students. It is one - in fact, the oldest - of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. The problems come from various areas of mathematics, such as are included in math curricula at secondary schools. The solution of these problems, however, requires exceptional mathematical ability and excellent mathematical knowledge on the part of the contestants.

The usual size of an official delegation to an IMO is (a maximum of) six student competitors and (a maximum of) two leaders. There is no official ``team''. The student competitors write two papers, on consecutive days, each paper consisting of three questions. Each question is worth seven marks. (The preceding information is taken from an Overview of the IMO provided by the IMO'95 host country, Canada; also see below.) A total score of 42 points is possible. Awards are determined as follows:

A list of recommended mathematics literature for self-study is slowly evolving.

 


Contents


General Information

 

Regulations

 

Regulations Pertaining to the IMO

These Regulations define the IMO as of ?. New aspects are the IMO Advisoray Board and the IMO Trust Fund.

 

 

Future IMOs

 

IMO 2002

The 43rd IMO will be hosted by the Great Britain in Glasgow on ? July, 2002.

 

IMO 2003 [ logo ]

The 44th IMO will be hosted by the Japan in Tokyo on ? July, 2003.

 

IMO 2004

The 44th IMO will be hosted by the Greece in Athens on ? July, 2004.

 

 

Past IMOs

 

IMO 2001, Scoring Site [ logo | problems in PDF | problems and solution as Mathematica Notebook | results | mailing list ]

The 42nd IMO was hosted by the United States of America in Washington DC on 1-14 July, 2001.

 

IMO 2000 [ logo | regulations | problems day 1 | problems day 2 | problems in PDF | results | medals | mailing list ]

The 41st IMO was hosted by South Korea in Taejon on 13-25 July, 2000.

 

IMO 1999 [ logo | problems day 1 | problems day 2 | results | mailing list ]

The 40th IMO was hosted by Romania in Bucharest on 10-22 July, 1999.

 

IMO 1998 [ logo | problems | results ]

The 39th IMO was hosted by Taiwan in Taipei on 10-21 July, 1998.

 

IMO 1997 [ logo | problems day 1 | problems day 2 | results ]

The 38th IMO was hosted by Argentina in Mar del Plata on July 18-31, 1997. There is an IMO97 mailing list.

 

IMO 1996 [ logo | the problems ]

The 37th IMO was hosted by India in Mumbai (Bombay) on July 5-17, 1996.
Contact information:
Professor A.M. Vaidya
IMO-Cell, School of Mathematics,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai (Bombay) -400005
India

Telephone:91(022) 2152971, 2152311, 2188654
Telefax: 91 (022) 2152110/2152181
Email: imo@tifrvax.tifr.res.in or imo@math.tifr.res.in
 

 

IMO 1995 [ logo | regulations | the problems ]

The 36th IMO was hosted by Canada in Toronto on July 10-28, 1995.

 

IMO 1994 [ logo | the problems and results ]

The 35th IMO was hosted by Hong Kong on July 12-19, 1994.

 

IMO 1993 [ logo | problems day 1 | problems day 2 ]

The 34th IMO was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul on July 12-19, 1993.

 

 

Journals and other info

 

IMOnet

The network for the participants to the IMO. Has information on three mailing lists (for IMO'99, IMO2000, and IMO problems).

 

IMO News at MAA

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) carries some information on the IMO and publishes books with IMO problems.

 

MathPro Press

MathPro Press specializes in the publication of compendiums and indexes of mathematics problems.

 

WFNMC

The World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC) publishes a journal entitled Mathematics Competitions. Also see Australia below.

 

M&IQ

The Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly is an international journal which:

 

In the World of Mathematics

This new quarterly journal is aimed at pupils, students, and teachers interested in mathematical problems and puzzles as well as in the history of mathematics and its new trends.

 

SIPROMA Bulletin (in Spanish)

SIPROMA is the ``Sociedad Iberoamericana para la Promocin de la Matemİtica''.

 

International Mathematics Competitions

Kangaroo: European Mathematics Competition (French site) [History and Rules]

Kangaroo is a European mathematics competition for various levels of students. History and rules in French and English.

 

Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools

Created in 1977 by Dr. George Lenchner, an internationally known math educator, the Math Olympiads went public in 1979. In the year 2000, over 120,000 students from 5,000 teams worldwide participated in the Olympiads, representing 26 countries.

 

Samanyolu International Mathematics Competition - SIMC

Samanyolu College (Ankara, Turkey) organizes the Samanyolu International Mathematics Competition (SIMC) for high school students. The 3rd SIMC will be held between 21 and 25 August 1998.

 

Regional Mathematics Competitions

Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad

Problems in English and French.

 

Balkan Math Olympiad

No link yet.

 

Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad

The Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (BAMO) is a contest for high school students sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), the University of California at Berkeley (UCB), and the University of San Francisco (USF).

 

Colorado Mathematical Olympiad

The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) is the largest essay-type mathematical competition in the United States, with 600 to 1,000 participants competing annually for fine prizes.

 

Ibero-American Mathematics Olympiad

Home page (in Spanish) of the Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática (OIM).

 

The Math League (USA & Canada)

The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students, and specializes in math contests (for high schools in the USA and Canada), books, and computer software.

 

National Mathematics Competitions

Argentina

The Olimpíada Matemática Argentina (OMA) is the Argentinian Mathematics Olympiad. Currently, information is only available in Spanish.

 

Australia

The Australian Mathematics Trust is a national non-profit organization which conducts mathematics competitions in Australia. Includes information on the WFNMC.

 

Belgium

Information about the Mathematics Olympiads in Belgium:

 

Brazil

Information about the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad (OBM=Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática). All material in Portuguese only.

 

Bulgaria

Information about the National Mathematical Olympiad in Bulgaria as part of the Bulgarian Competitions in Mathematics and Informatics.

 

Canada

Information about the Canadian Mathematics Competition (CMC) maintained by Ruth Malinowski (cmc@math.uwaterloo.ca).

The Canadian Mathematical Society also has an Olympiads Home Page.

 

Colombia

The WWW Home Page for the Colombian Olympiads (in Spanish), covering Mathematics, Phyisics, and Informatics, maintained by Fernando Vega Salamanca (fvega@zulima.uanarino.edu.co).
E-mail: olimpia@federman.uanarino.edu.co

 

Estonia

Information about the Estonian Matemaatika Olümpiaadid (in the Estonian language), maintained by Uve Nummert (uve@math.ut.ee). Includes Regulations Pertaining to the IMO (in English).

 

Germany

The Verein Mathematik-Olympiaden e.V. coordinates the German Mathematics Olympiads (DeMO). There is also information available about the German Mathematics Olympiad 1995.

 

Ireland

Information on Irish participation in the International Mathematical Olympiads and (eventually) copies of Irish Maths Olympiad questions and photographs. Contact: Gordon Lessells (gordon.lessells@ul.ie).

 

Italy

Information on the Italian (?) Mathematics Olympiad (in Italian). E-mail contact: mvillani@cibs.sns.it

 

Japan

Information about the IMO in general (starting from 34th) and the Mathematical Olympiad Foundation of Japan. Maintained by Naomasa Maruyama (maruyama@ism.ac.jp).

 

Mexico

Information (in Spanish) on the Mexican Mathematics Olympiad (OMM) and problem sets (mostly in Spanish) of various (regional) mathematics contests. E-mail: omm@hp.fciencias.unam.mx. Maintained by Felipe Lemaitre Carabias (iker@hardy.fciencias.unam.mx).

There is also an unofficial page for the Mexican Mathematical Olympiad (in Spanish), maintained by Pedro Sánchez.

Pierre Fermat Math Competition (in Spanish: Concurso de Matemáticas Pierre Fermat).

 

The Netherlands

Information about the Dutch Mathematics Olympiad (now also in English), maintained by Tom Verhoeff (Tom.Verhoeff@acm.org).

 

New Zealand

Information about the New Zealand Math Olympiads

 

Norway

The Niels Henrik Abels Mathematics Competition selects students for partiticipation in the IMO. This site also contains problem sets of the Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad and the IMO, including some solutions and results. Maintained by Einar Andreas Rødland (einara@math.uio.no).

 

Peru

Information about Peru's math olympiad and the Cono Sur olympiads, maintained by Enrique Valeriano (evaler@hotmail.net).

 

Poland

Information (including problem sets) on the math olympiads in which Polish high school students participate (in particular: the Polish Mathematical Olympiad, the Austrian-Polish Mathematics Competition, and the Baltic Team Contest). Maintained by Krzysztof Chelminski (chel@mathematik.th-darmstadt.de) and Waldemar Pompe (waldipo@mimuw.edu.pl).

 

Singapore

Information about the IMO and Singapore's participation.

 

Slovenia

Mathematical competitions in Slovenia are supervised by DMFA.

 

South Africa

Information about the South-African IMO team provided by John Webb (jhwebb@maths.uct.ac.za).

 

Spain

Information and problem sets (in Spanish) for the math olympiads in which Spanish high school students participate, including the Spanish Mathematics Olympiad (Olimpiada Matemática Española = OME). Maintained by Cristobal Sİnchez Rubio (csanchez@platea.pntic.mec.es).

Unoficcial Spanish Math Olympiad page maintained by Ramon Esteban Romero (Ramon.Esteban@uv.es).

 

Uruguay

 

USA

Information on the USA Math Olympiad and the IMO.

USA: AMC

The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC).

 

Archives and Link Collections

A Large Collection of Math Contest Material

Archive maintained by Hojoo Lee (leehojoo@hotmail.com) in Republic of Korea.

 

A Collection of Math-Olympiad-Problems

Archive maintained by Hans Vernaeve (Hans.Vernaeve@rug.ac.be) in Belgium.

 

Arkadii Slinko Mathematics Olympiad Site

Provides: a collection of problems, tutorials, training material, articles, a Monthly Internet Mathematics Olympiad, and information on the New Zealand Math Olympiads.

 

Math Competitions Archive

Kiran Kedlaya (MIT, USA, kray@post.com) has a Math Competitions Archive with some of the recent (back to 1991) IMO problem sets in various formats, and information about the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). He now has a separate Math Problem Directory.

 

Math Competition on the Web

Archive and links maintained by Naoki Sato (ensato@hotmail.com) in Toronto, Canada.

 

OMAP: Online Math Problems

Database of problems that appeared on various national and international math competitions around the world, including detailed info about the Putnam Math Competition. Maintained by meeroh@mit.edu.

 

Soviet Union 1961-1986

The problems of the All-Soviet-Union national mathematical competitions (final part), 1961-1986 were translated into English and put on the Web by Vladimir Pertsel (voldemar@sagantec.co.il). There is also a plain ASCII version, and a compressed archive with everything: HTML, ASCII, and GIF pictures. [The original page and original archive are still available.]

 

Olympiad Math Madness

A collection of mathematical brain-busters, specially for those who are tired of not-very-hard problems. Maintained by jefflock@geocities.com.

 

Mathematics Olympiad Lecture Notes

By Greg Gamble (gregg@maths.uwa.edu.au).

 

MathPro Online

Online reference to mathematical problems.

 

Kalva Homepage

Problem collections maintained by John Scholes.

 

Le Thai Hoang's Math Olympiad

Le Thai Hoang's Math Olympiad Page contains many math problem sets, including shortlists for IMO from 1983 to 1998.

 

Schools

Saturday Mathematics School

The goal of the Saturday Mathematics School is to teach students basic methods of solving math problems, concentrating (also) on research-type problems within the scope of grades 7-12. It is run by Mark Sapir (mvs@unlinfo.unl.edu) from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

 

Mathematics on WWW

AIMS [ Activities Integrating Math & Science ]
AMS [ American Mathematical Society ]
EMS [ European Mathematical Society ]
GAMS [ Guide to Available Mathematical Software ]
IMU [ International Mathematical Union ]
MAA [ Mathematical Association of America ]
Math Archives
PSTC [ Problem Solving Task Centres ]
PSU [ Penn State University ]
SIAM [ Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ]
Miscellaneous