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[davieddy]

That's "International Maths Olympiad".
Did any of you Brits catch "Beautiful Young Minds" on BBC2
last night?
Comments welcome

David

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by davieddy

That's "International Maths Olympiad".
Did any of you Brits catch "Beautiful Young Minds" on BBC2
last night?
Comments welcome

David

Indeed. I'd like to hear comments as well.

I don't know what the selection process is currently for the U.S. team,
but back when I was in high school it was as follows.

An initial exam was taken by a large number of high school students.
This exam was fairly easy. All students scoring above a certain threshold
were then invited to take a second exam. From this second exam, 12
students were then invited to a special 'camp' for a week of intense
study & testing. The final group of 6 was selected from this group.
The whole thing was sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.

In 1973 I got invited to the camp, but had to turn it down. Why?
Because it conflicted with the ISEF (Intl Science & Engineering Fair).
It was impossible to attend both. Since I won an all expense paid trip
to the Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1973 from ISEF, I think I made the right
choice.

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

In 1973 I got invited to the camp, but had to turn it down. Why?
Because it conflicted with the ISEF (Intl Science & Engineering Fair).
It was impossible to attend both. Since I won an all expense paid trip
to the Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1973 from ISEF, I think I made the right
choice.

You chickened out

[Flatlander]

Just watched it on the BBC iPlayer. Very interesting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/