Here is the first lot of monthly problems – the April Problems.
These problems are intended to help students prepare for the 2011 camp selection problems, used to choose students to attend our week-long residential training camp in January.
The solutions will be posted in about one month’s time, but can be obtained before then by email if you write to one of us with evidence that you’ve tried the problems seriously.
Good luck!
Here is the squad’s second assignment, on geometry, and the solutions to the combinatorics assignment. Have fun!
- Chris
This year’s team selection will again be based on three competitions (the BMO2, the AMO, and the APMO) and four assignments: one on each of the four Olympiad areas of algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory.
Here is the squad’s first assignment, on combinatorics. I’ll post the solutions in a about a month, together with the second assignment, on geometry. Following our usual practice, you can get the solutions before then if you write to me with evidence that you’ve made a serious attempt.
Enjoy!
A big thank you to all those who submitted solutions to this year’s camp selection problems. We received over 100 submissions; they have now been marked, and we hope to begin sending out invitations to the January camp soon.
In the meantime, here are the solutions. Enjoy!
- Chris
With one IMO concluded – and so successfully for New Zealand! – it’s time to start thinking about the next.
Our first step in choosing the team to represent New Zealand at the 2011 IMO in Amsterdam is to choose 24 students to attend a week long training camp in Christchurch in January. These students will be chosen using the 2010 Camp Selection Problems (pdf, 105kb). Read more »