Mathematics Department

Mathematics Competition!

 

The Annual CSU Freshman-Sophomore
Mathematics Competition

Friday, April 8, 2011
4:30-7 PM in RT-1516

Box lunches will be provided by the Mathematics Department.

First Prize: $250
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $100

This competition is open to all regularly enrolled CSU students who have taken at most one mathematics course numbered above 300.

Sign up in the Mathematics Department, RT-1515, by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5.

The background for the exam is basic algebra and geometry, very elementary number theory, and calculus; no upper-division coursework is necessary.

 

Sample Problems

2011 Problems and Solutions

2010 Problems and Solutions

2009 Probelms and Solutions

2008 Probelms and Solutions

2007 Probelms and Solutions

 

Winners:

2011 Ryan Vitale (1st Place), Mike Holden (2nd Place), Trong Phan (3rd Place), Geun Young Gwon (Honorable Mention), Taylor Million (Honorable Mention)
2010 Todd Angney (1st Place), Prasenjit Bose (2nd Place), Connor Dorony (3rd Place), Shivam Anwekar (Honorable Mention), Ben Lynnet (Honorable Mention)
2009 Daniel Kaplun (1st Place),  Junle Qian (2nd Place), Prasenjit Bose (3rd Place)
2008 Jonathan Gleason (1st Place), Evgeny Zolotarev (2nd Place), Adesola Saba (3rd Place)
2007 Viktor Kitsis (1st Place), Dan Levtonyuk (2nd Place), Mikias Fisseha Itanna (3rd Place), Vincent Cestaro, Adesola Saba, and Nick Yates (Honorable Mention)

 

Contest Committee: Ivan Soprunov, Brian M. Scott