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发帖数: 19398 | 1 The U.S. team’s combined score of 185 edged out the Chinese team’s score
of 181 and the Republic of Korea’s third-place score of 161.
http://www.maa.org/news/us-team-takes-first-place-at-internatio
Chiang Mai, Thailand: The six-person team representing the United States
took first place at the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The
2015 IMO was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from July 4 to 13.
IMO scores are based on the number of points scored by individual team
members on six problems. The problems are taken in sets of three in 4.5 hour
sessions over two days. The U.S. team’s combined score of 185 edged out
the Chinese team’s score of 181 and the Republic of Korea’s third-place
score of 161.
Members of the U.S. team included Ryan Alweiss, Allen Liu, Yang Liu, Shyam
Narayanan, and David Stoner, all of whom were awarded gold medals, and
Michael Kural, who earned a silver medal, just one point away from the gold.
The last time the U.S. team took first place was in 1994.
Participants on the U.S. team were selected through a series of competitions
organized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), culminating
with the USA Mathematical Olympiad. The six team members joined 48 of their
peers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in June for three weeks of
immersion in problem solving at MAA’s Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program
(MOSP). Established in 1974 to train the first U.S. team to the IMO, MOSP
has expanded over the years and broadened its goals. MOSP is organized by
the MAA, which sustains the program each year with the support of a number
of donors including the Akamai Foundation and the Simons Foundation.
Po-Shen Loh, who is a member of the mathematics faculty at CMU, directs MOSP
and leads the USA IMO team. Loh is excited about the success of the six
students, and sees the success of the team as an outgrowth of the extended
goals of the program. As quoted in an article posted this week on the Simons
Foundation website, Loh notes that "the focus of our program should be to
recognize that we have 54 of the most impactful high school students in
terms of potential, and we should help them be successful long-term."
About the IMO: The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World
Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held
annually in a different host country. The first IMO was held in 1959 in
Romania, with seven countries participating. Today more than 100 countries
from six continents participate. | L******k
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: The U.S. team’s combined score of 185 edged out the Chinese team’s score
: of 181 and the Republic of Korea’s third-place score of 161.
: http://www.maa.org/news/us-team-takes-first-place-at-internatio
: Chiang Mai, Thailand: The six-person team representing the United States
: took first place at the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The
: 2015 IMO was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from July 4 to 13.
: IMO scores are based on the number of points scored by individual team
: members on six problems. The problems are taken in sets of three in 4.5 hour
: sessions over two days. The U.S. team’s combined score of 185 edged out
: the Chinese team’s score of 181 and the Republic of Korea’s third-place
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