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Mathematical Association of America -- American Mathematics Competitions

Problems

Source Directory

This directory attempts to catalog sources of information about mathematical problem-solving online. In the main, we limit our attention to long-answer problems of the type found on Olympiad-type contests or in problem sections of math journals (so no short-answer contests, and no research problems). The AMC hosts an archive directory for the USAMO, IMO and Asian Pacific for some or all of the years 1986-1999.

Contests

International Mathematical Olympiad

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an international competition for pre-college students held every July. Up to six participants from each country, selected using national olympiad-type exams (see below), attempt to solve 6 problems in 2 sessions of 4.5 hours. The top scorers are honored with gold, silver and bronze medals.

The following list catalogs just some of the vast amount of IMO information available online:

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.)

Other Contests

These are for high-school students unless otherwise specified.

Other Problem Sources

Publications

Miscellaneous

  • BarcodesInc has a listing of several math and logic problems for reference that you might find helpful.
  • Naoki Sato has a math competitions page covering, among other things, the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad and the Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad.

Related Subjects

I don't actively maintain this directory for related subjects, but here are a few links I have found useful or interesting.

General

  • The IOI Secretariat maintains information on all of the major international science olympiads.

Programming Contests

Physics Contests

Begun by Kiran S. Kedlaya (kedlaya'at'math.mit.edu)
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