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President: Secretary:
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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-ProblemsDisclaimer: these files are just mirrored files from elsewhere on the net. So, I am not the author of them. The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
Pdf-file with problems from 2000. Other file formats are available at http://imo.math.ca/. The Asian Pacific Math OlympiadThe `Asian Pacific Math Olympiad' is a regional math Olympiad involving countries around the Pacific Rim. Other file formats are available at http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/APMO/. The Austrian-Polish Math CompetitionDvi-files with problems from 1994, 1995. 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. 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 OlympiadPs-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. Other file formats are available at http://www.cms.math.ca/CMS/Competitions/CMO/. Estonian Mathematical ContestsIf you are good at Estonian, try your hand at the Matemaatika olümpiaadid site. The Flanders Math Olympiad (VWO)
Other file formats are available at http://www.kulak.ac.be/vwo/uk/vwowwwuk.html. The German Math Olympiad (DeMO)
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. The Irish Math Olympiad (IMO)Ps-files with problems from 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. The Niels Abels ContestThe `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 OlympiadDvi-files with problems from 1993 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1994 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1995 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round), 1996 (1st, 2nd, 3rd round). Other file formats are available at http://www.icm.edu.pl/home/olimp/. The Romanian Math OlympiadHtml-files with problems from 1996, 1997. Singapore Math OlympiadAn html-file with problems from 1993 and 1995 and a LaTeX-file with problems from 1996. The Nordic Math ContestPs-files with problems from 1994, 1995, 1996. U.S.S.R. Math OlympiadA 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 OlympiadsMost 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.)
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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:
GOLD MEDAL: the top 1/12 of scores receive gold medals
SILVER MEDAL: the next 2/12 of scores receive silver medals
BRONZE MEDAL: the next 3/12 of scores receive bronze medals
HONORABLE MENTION: any competitor who receives a perfect score of 7 on any one questions, but who does not receive a medal, is awarded an honorable mention
A list of recommended mathematics literature for self-study is slowly evolving.
Regulations
These Regulations define the IMO as of ?. New aspects are the IMO Advisoray Board and the IMO Trust Fund.
Future IMOs
The 43rd IMO will be hosted by the Great Britain in Glasgow on ? July, 2002.
The 44th IMO will be hosted by the Japan in Tokyo on ? July, 2003.
The 44th IMO will be hosted by the Greece in Athens on ? July, 2004.
Past IMOs
The 42nd IMO was hosted by the United States of America in Washington DC on 1-14 July, 2001.
The 41st IMO was hosted by South Korea in Taejon on 13-25 July, 2000.
The 40th IMO was hosted by Romania in Bucharest on 10-22 July, 1999.
The 39th IMO was hosted by Taiwan in Taipei on 10-21 July, 1998.
The 38th IMO was hosted by Argentina in Mar del Plata on July 18-31, 1997. There is an IMO97 mailing list.
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
The 36th IMO was hosted by Canada in Toronto on July 10-28, 1995.
The 35th IMO was hosted by Hong Kong on July 12-19, 1994.
The 34th IMO was hosted by Turkey in Istanbul on July 12-19, 1993.
Journals and other info
The network for the participants to the IMO. Has information on three mailing lists (for IMO'99, IMO2000, and IMO problems).
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) carries some information on the IMO and publishes books with IMO problems.
MathPro Press specializes in the publication of compendiums and indexes of mathematics problems.
The World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC) publishes a journal entitled Mathematics Competitions. Also see Australia below.
The Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly is an international journal which:
Publishes articles, notes, problems and solutions in school mathematics and informatics.
Is devoted to teachers and students, who are interested in mathematics and informatics clubs, olympiads and competitions.
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 is the ``Sociedad Iberoamericana para la Promocin de la Matemİtica''.
Kangaroo is a European mathematics competition for various levels of students. History and rules in French and English.
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 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.
Problems in English and French.
No link yet.
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).
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.
Home page (in Spanish) of the Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática (OIM).
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.
The Olimpíada Matemática Argentina (OMA) is the Argentinian Mathematics Olympiad. Currently, information is only available in Spanish.
The Australian Mathematics Trust is a national non-profit organization which conducts mathematics competitions in Australia. Includes information on the WFNMC.
Information about the Mathematics Olympiads in Belgium:
The Flanders Mathematics Olympiad (Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade = VWO), maintained by Paul G. Igodt (Paul.Igodt@kulak.ac.be).
The Olympiade Mathématique Belge (OMB).
Information about the Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad (OBM=Olimpíada Brasileira de Matemática). All material in Portuguese only.
Information about the National Mathematical Olympiad in Bulgaria as part of the Bulgarian Competitions in Mathematics and Informatics.
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.
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
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).
The Verein Mathematik-Olympiaden e.V. coordinates the German Mathematics Olympiads (DeMO). There is also information available about the German Mathematics Olympiad 1995.
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).
Information on the Italian (?) Mathematics Olympiad (in Italian). E-mail contact: mvillani@cibs.sns.it
Information about the IMO in general (starting from 34th) and the Mathematical Olympiad Foundation of Japan. Maintained by Naomasa Maruyama (maruyama@ism.ac.jp).
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).
Information about the Dutch Mathematics Olympiad (now also in English), maintained by Tom Verhoeff (Tom.Verhoeff@acm.org).
Information about the New Zealand Math Olympiads
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).
Information about Peru's math olympiad and the Cono Sur olympiads, maintained by Enrique Valeriano (evaler@hotmail.net).
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).
Information about the IMO and Singapore's participation.
Mathematical competitions in Slovenia are supervised by DMFA.
Information about the South-African IMO team provided by John Webb (jhwebb@maths.uct.ac.za).
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).
Information on the USA Math Olympiad and the IMO.
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC).
Archive maintained by Hojoo Lee (leehojoo@hotmail.com) in Republic of Korea.
Archive maintained by Hans Vernaeve (Hans.Vernaeve@rug.ac.be) in Belgium.
Provides: a collection of problems, tutorials, training material, articles, a Monthly Internet Mathematics Olympiad, and information on the New Zealand Math Olympiads.
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.
Archive and links maintained by Naoki Sato (ensato@hotmail.com) in Toronto, Canada.
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.
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.]
A collection of mathematical brain-busters, specially for those who are tired of not-very-hard problems. Maintained by jefflock@geocities.com.
By Greg Gamble (gregg@maths.uwa.edu.au).
Online reference to mathematical problems.
Problem collections maintained by John Scholes.
Le Thai Hoang's Math Olympiad Page contains many math problem sets, including shortlists for IMO from 1983 to 1998.
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.
Equal Sums of Like Powers (investigations started in 1986 while preparing for the Chinese Mathematics Olympiad)
Paul Erdös info (the person and the number)
Euclid's Elements (animated in Java)
Fibonacci Numbers, Golden Section maintained by Ron Knott (R.Knott@ronknott.com)
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles maintaned by Alexander Bogomolny (alexb@cut-the-knot.com)
The KnotPlot Site with/about (mathematical) knots
Mathematical Quotations Server maintained by Mark Woodard (Mark.Woodard@furman.edu)
Math in Action at MathSoft includes
This is MEGA Mathematics! by Los Alamos National Laboratory