Name:   International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
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Mathematics, Academic Competitions
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http://imo.math.ca/
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"The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held annually in a different country. The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania, with 7 countries participating. It has gradually expanded to over 80 countries from 5 continents."

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. Students work individually over a two day period on six challenging problems, presenting their solutions as essay-style proofs akin to those produced by research mathematicians.
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Last Updated
 
 
10/17/2006
 
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Contributed by: DITD Team Member  
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Scores, statistics, and problems from the 2001 competition can be found at http://imo.wolfram.com.
 
Contributed by: student  
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The best students from all of the participating countries come together in a different country each year to compete. The competition sounds really tough, but it would be so exciting to get the opportunity to travel to another country and experience something like this!
 
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