Competitions
The 2007 USAMO Team. Front row from left to right: Sherry Gong, Delong Meng, Alex Zhai, Arnav Tripathy, Brian Lawrence, Tedrick Leung. Back row from left to right: Adam Hesterberg, Krishanu Sankar, Sergei Bernstein, Eric Larson, Haitao Mao, and Jacob Steinhardt.
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) effort is dedicated to strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation's youth by identifying, recognizing, and rewarding excellence in mathematics through a series of national contests.
- Putnam Competition Results:
- Harvard Captures Top Prize
- MAA Movie Preview:
- "Hard Problems:The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest"
- Math Competitions:
- Sherry Gong's Striking Success
- China Girls Math Olympiad:
- Success for U.S. Teams
- International Mathematical Olympiad:
- Russian Team Wins; U.S. Team Is Fifth
National Math Competitions
- AMC (American Mathematics Competitions)
- IMO (International Mathematical Olympiads) Each year since 1974, a small team of exceptionally talented high school students has represented the United States at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), a rigorous, two-day competition featuring problems that would challenge most professional mathematicians.
- William Lowell Putnam Comptetitions Designed for mathematics and physical science majors in colleges and universities, this examination tests originality as well as technical competence. Contestants should be familiar with the formal theories embodied in undergraduate mathematics.
- MCM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling) Organized by COMAP, this contest challenges teams of undergraduate students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems.
- Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) The ICM is an international contest for high school students and college undergraduates that promotes the use of interdisciplinary tools to explore environmental issues.
- HiMCM (High School Modeling Contest) HiMCM offers students the opportunity to compete in a team setting using mathematics to present solutions to real-world modeling problems.
- MATHCOUNTS MATHCOUNTS is a national math enrichment, coaching, and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement.