The
Mathematical Olympiads
What is a
Mathematical Olympiad?
A Mathematical Olympiad is a problem solving competition open to all
"mathletes". The aim of the competition is to test innate problem
solving skills. The problems are restricted to those that require
minimal background and high ingenuity. Since one of the goals of
such olympiads is to identify talent at a young age, these olympiads
are usually restricted to students not yet admitted to any
undergraduate programme.
International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
The
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship
Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held annually
in a different country. The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania, with
7 countries participating. It has gradually expanded to over 100
countries from 5 continents. IMO 2011 will be held in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. IMO 2012 will be held in Argentina.
India has
been participating in the IMO since 1989.
The 6-member Indian team for the IMO is selected through a three-step
procedure, organised by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
(HBCSE) on behalf of the
National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) and funded by the
Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
- Step I: The
Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO)
The Regional
Mathematical Olympiad is a state level examination, a stepping
stone towards the national level examination, the INMO.
- Step II: The
Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO)
- Mukul Chaudhuri Memorial Prize
We are
happy to announce the establishment of Mukul Chaudhuri Memorial Prize
for the best girl student from each Class VIII to XII, irrespective of
whether they are selected for INMO or not, provided they score a
minimum qualifying marks. The Prize, in form of books, is made possible
by a generous gift from Professor Soma Chaudhuri of Iowa State
University, in the memory of her mother.
Mukul Chaudhuri (1922 - 2007) was a talented student of
mathematics. She received the Kirtichand-Mackenzie Memorial Gold Medal
in 1938, awarded to the candidate with the highest marks in mathematics
in the Calcutta University Matriculation Exam. She completed her
Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 1942. However her academic career
was cut short due to the political situation at the time (Partition of
India). She became a school teacher in mathematics and taught in a
variety of schools, both in India and abroad. Even though she couldn't
further her own academic career, she encouraged numerous girls to
pursue higher education in mathematics-related disciplines.
- West
Bengal RMO to IMO: The Hall of Fame
- 1993: Sambuddha Roy (Silver)
- 1994: Sambuddha Roy (Silver)
- 1999: Abhishek Saha (Bronze)
- 2000: Samik Basu (Silver),
Swarnendu Datta (Silver), Abhishek Saha (Silver)
- 2001: Samik Basu (Silver),
Swarnendu Datta (Bronze), Abhishek Saha (Silver), Sucharit Sarkar
(Gold)
- 2002: Sucharit Sarkar
(Silver), Swarnendu Datta (Silver)
- 2003: Swarnendu Datta
(Silver)
- 2005:
Riddhipratim
Basu
- 2006: Riddhipratim
Basu
(Bronze)
- 2008:
Rudradev
Basak
(Bronze)
- 2009:
Akashnil
Dutta (Silver), 
Subhadip Chowdhury
(Bronze)
- 2010: Akashnil Dutta (Silver),
Satyaki Mukherjee
(Bronze), 
Ronno Das
(Honourable Mention)
- Organisational
Structure:
- Natioanal Coordinator: Professor S
S Sane, Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai, Ranade Bhavan
Extension, Vidyanagari Marg, Mumbai 400098. Phone: (022) 2652 8871 (O),
(022) 2652 6490 (R), e-mail: sharadsane@gmail.com.
- Joint Regional
Coordinators for West Bengal : Professor Rana Barua & Dr.
Pradipta Bandyopadhyay, Stat-Math Unit, Indian Statistical
Institute, 203, B T Road, Kolkata 700 108, Phone : 2575-3400/3410/3422,
E-mail: rmo@isical.ac.in
- The regions
and
regional coordinators
RMO-1990, RMO-1991, RMO-1992, RMO-1993, RMO-1994, RMO-1995, RMO-1996, RMO-1997, RMO-1998, RMO-1999, RMO-2000, RMO-2001, RMO-2002, RMO-2003, RMO-2004, RMO-2005, RMO-2006, RMO-2007.
- INMO
Questions 1989-2008:
INMO-1989, INMO-1990, INMO-1991, INMO-1992, INMO-1993, INMO-1994, INMO-1995, INMO-1996, INMO-1997, INMO-1998, INMO-1999, INMO-2000, INMO-2001, INMO-2002, INMO-2003, INMO-2004, INMO-2005, INMO-2006, INMO-2007, INMO-2008.
- Some recent RMO-INMO questions
and solutions may be found here.