imo 2008 (2 Viewers)

[buchanan]

The IMO for 2008 was held in Madrid, Spain, July 16-17.

Question paper: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit/imo2008.pdf

Website: http://www.imo-2008.es

The Australian team is

Paul Cheung, Sydney Technical High School, NSW
Andrew Elvey Price, Brunswick Secondary College, Vic
Giles Gardam, Hurlstone Ag High School, NSW
Irene Lo, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
Max Menzies, Sydney Grammar School, NSW
Sampson Wong, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW

(From left Team Leader Dr Angelo Di Pasquale, Max Menzies, Giles Gardam, Paul Cheung, Dr Peacock, Irene Lo, Sampson Wong and Andrew Elvey Price.)

 

[me121]

what type of questions do they ask?

 

[pLuvia]

Hard ones lol

Look at the imo site

 

[Jachie]

omg



GILES GARDAM

 

[me121]

oh yeh. i see. i much rather prefer solving problems when i have at least several days to work on it, and with books/internet to research with, and a decent computer system that can help me.

 

[SomeoneCool]

omg



GILES GARDAM

Who the fuck is Giles? Sounds like a pommy poof.

 

[gurmies]

woot for Paul! He goes to my school and is a genius.

 

[lolcal]

paul looks like a fetus.

 

[buchanan]

Here are the questions

http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit/imo2008.pdf

(with questions 4-6 added)

 

[Nasonex]

Our team doesn't look like Australia

 

[buchanan]

YouTube of Australian Team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GNMIBA2Hec

 

[tommykins]

回复: Re: imo 2008

Wow, terry tao's a genius.

 

[buchanan]

Here are a couple of youtubes more specifically on Terry Tao if you are interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ZUeQv2yFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO7m7LS8dyg

 

[tommykins]

回复: Re: imo 2008

Thanks alot for that.

 

[conics2008]

A bunch of retards!!

 

[buchanan]

Results for Australia (/42):

Andrew Elvey Price 29 SILVER
Giles Gardam 25 SILVER
Paul Cheung 25 SILVER
Max Menzies 24 SILVER
Irene Lo 22 SILVER
Sampson Wong 15 BRONZE

Total: 140/252
Rank: 19/97

China came first (again! - surprise, surprise) - with 217 points - alas with 5 gold, 1 silver, whereas Russia came second with 6 gold (199 points). So China beat Russia on points, but it's fair to say Russia is the only country this year to get 6 gold.

Cutoffs: Gold 31 Silver 22 Bronze 15

Perfect scorers:

Xiaosheng Mu (China)

Dongyi Wei (China)

Alex Zhai (USA)

More:
Individual: http://www.imo-official.org/year_individual_r.aspx?year=2008

Country: http://www.imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2008

 

[kony]

lucky one, Irene.

 

[buchanan]

Here is the article about it in today's Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.geocities.com/threeunitnotes/smh25.7.2008.jpg

 

[me121]

what i want to know is who in Australia decides who gets to go? and how come our teachers never tell us about this?

 

[tacogym27101990]

what i want to know is who in Australia decides who gets to go? and how come our teachers never tell us about this?

Because you weren't a good enough mathematician??