The IMO Compendium: A Collection of Problems Suggested for The International Mathematical Olympiads: 1959-2004 (Problem Books in Mathematics) - Hardcover

Djuki, Duan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387242996 ISBN 13: 9780387242996

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

Nearing its 50th anniversary, the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has firmly established itself as the most prestigious mathematical competition a high school student could aspire to participate in. The IMO represents not only a great opportunity of tackling interesting and challenging mathematical problems, it also offers a way for high school students to measure up with students from the rest of the world. Until now it has been almost impossible to obtain a collection of the problems posed at the IMO. This volume, which has all the Olympiad problems used or short-listed for use in competitions from 1959 to 2003, will be the definitive and authoritative source for students preparing for the IMO. Schools training teams will find it indispensable, as will problem-setters and aspiring solvers all over the world. Additionally, the skill developed in successfully attacking difficult mathematical problems will be an invaluable prerequisite for a serious and prosperous career in mathematics.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has within its almost 50-year-old history become the most popular and prestigious competition for high-school students interested in mathematics. Only six students from each participating country are given the honor of participating in this competition every year. The IMO represents not only a great opportunity to tackle interesting and challenging mathematics problems, it also offers a way for high school students to measure up with students from the rest of the world.

The IMO has sparked off a burst of creativity among enthusiasts in creating new and interesting mathematics problems. In an extremely stiff competition, only six problems are chosen each year to appear on the IMO. The total number of problems proposed for the IMOs up to this point is staggering and, as a whole, this collection of problems represents a valuable resource for all high school students preparing for the IMO.

Until now it has been almost impossible to obtain a complete collection of the problems proposed at the IMO in book form. "The IMO Compendium" is the result of a two year long collaboration between four former IMO participants from Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro, to rescue these problems from old and scattered manuscripts, and produce the ultimate source of IMO practice problems. This book attempts to gather all the problems and solutions appearing on the IMO, as well as the so-called "short-lists", a total of 864 problems. In addition, the book contains 1036 problems from various "long-lists" over the years, for a grand total of 1900 problems.

In short, "The IMO Compendium" is the ultimate collection of challenging high-school-level mathematics problems. It will be an invaluable resource, not only for high-school students preparing for mathematics competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates math.

About the Author

* Dusan Djukic, IMO: gold, 2 silver, B.Sc. in Mathematics at Belgrade

University, Serbia and Montenegro

* Vladimir Jankovic, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Associate Professor at the

Belgrade University, Serbia and Montenegro

* Ivan Matic, IMO: silver, B.Sc. in Mathematics at Belgrade University,

Serbia and Montenegro

* Nikola Petrovic, IMO: 2 silver, bronze, B.Sc. in Mathematics and in

Physics at MIT, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0387242996
• ISBN 13: 9780387242996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 760