EGMO News

25 July 2012:
EGMO 2013 heavily subscribed

18 June 2012:
EGMO 2013 dates

12 May 2012:
Solutions

16 April 2012:
Monday bulletin

15 April 2012:
Sunday bulletin

14 April 2012:
Final results

13 April 2012:
Saturday bulletin

13 April 2012:
Day 2 exams

13 April 2012:
Friday bulletin

12 April 2012:
Day 1 exams

12 April 2012:
Thursday bulletin

10 April 2012:
Wednesday bulletin

9 April 2012:
Tuesday bulletin

12 February 2012:
UK team selected

8 July 2011:
UK MOG extended solutions

4 July 2011:
UK MOG marked

24 June 2011:
UK MOG

23 May 2011:
EGMO 2013

11 April 2011:
UK talent search launched

8 March 2011:
EGMO 2012 launch

See also:
EGMO press coverage.

EGMO 2012: Information: Background on maths competitions

These began in the 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They have spread across the globe since 1959, when the first International Mathematical Olympiad was held in Romania.

Though it started as a small scale competition for the countries in the communist bloc, the IMO has grown over the years. It is held annually, and was in Kazakhstan in 2010 and the Netherlands in 2011. In 2012 it will be held in Argentina and in 2013 in Colombia. These days about 100 countries send teams to the IMO, and it has become the World Championship of secondary school mathematics. Many of the leading mathematicians in the world were IMO participants in their youth. Three of the past four Fields Medallists (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for mathematics) were IMO participants in their youth.

Most countries now have a system of maths competitions in their schools. In the UK over half a million children take part in the Maths Challenges organised by UKMT every year.

There are now many regional maths competitions all over the world. The UK participates in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad and the Romanian Master of Mathematics competitions. In 2010 the UK sent a team to the China Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad under the leadership of Ceri Fiddes and Alison Zhu. Inspired by the success of that competition, UKMT and MEC decided to launch a European Girls’ Competition in 2012. The second EGMO was held in Luxembourg in 2013.

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