A team from NSU won four bronze medals and was awarded an Honorable Mention at the International Student Olympics International Mathematics Competition for University Students 2017 (IMC 2017), which was held in Bulgaria from July 31 to August 6.
The IMC Olympics, organized by University College London, has been held 24 times. This year, more than 300 students from 70 universities from around the world participated. It is one of the most internationally representative mathematics competitions in the world for students. Traditionally, competitions last two days during which participants are asked to solve problems from different mathematical disciplines: algebra, analysis (real and complex), geometry, and combinatorics. This year, Novosibirsk State University was represented by a team of seven people. The team was led by
Alexei Obukhoukhov, a 2
nd year student in the Mechanics and Mathematics Department Master's Program and an employee at NSU’s Algorithm Laboratory. He talked about the event,
“The Olympiad took place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria at the American University in Bulgaria and participants from many countries were there. Every day we were given five hours to solve five tasks. Points were awarded based on the results and places were allocated in the individual category, there was also an additional team category.”
Results of internal and regional student Olympics in mathematics held annually in October at NSU determined the composition of the NSU team . Participation by the NSU team in the Olympics was supported by the Top-100 Project.
