The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a mathematical olympiad for pre-university students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. It is “the most prestigious” mathematical competition in the world. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980. More than 100 countries participate. Each country sends a team of up to six students, plus one team leader, one deputy leader, and observers.
Gheorghe Țițeica publishing as George or Georges Tzitzéica) was a Romanian mathematician who made important contributions in geometry. He is recognized as the founder of the Romanian school of differential geometry.
The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada is considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in the area of mathematics. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and was formerly known simply as Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), whose abbreviation remains in use.
In mathematics, Schur's inequality, named after Issai Schur, establishes that for all non-negative real numbers x, y, z, and t>0,
Pierre Laurent Wantzel was a French mathematician who proved that several ancient geometric problems were impossible to solve using only compass and straightedge.
Ioan Andone is a Romanian football coach and former player.
The Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program was established in 2005 by Art of Problem Solving, with sponsorship from Google and quantitative hedge fund giant D. E. Shaw & Co., in order to meet the needs of the world's top high school math students. Sponsorship allowed free enrollment for students of the Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP). D.E. Shaw continued to sponsor enrollment of those students for the 2006-2007 year of WOOT.
Titu Andreescu is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is firmly involved in mathematics contests and olympiads, having been the Director of American Mathematics Competitions, Director of the Mathematical Olympiad Program, Head Coach of the United States International Mathematical Olympiad Team, and Chairman of the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad. He has also authored a large number of books on the topic of problem solving and olympiad-style mathematics.
Valentin Stănescu was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager.
This article describes the selection process, by country, for entrance into the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Valentin Alexandre Poénaru is a Romanian–French mathematician. He was a Professor of Mathematics at University of Paris-Sud, specializing in low-dimensional topology.
Simion Stoilow or Stoilov was a Romanian mathematician, creator of the Romanian school of complex analysis, and author of over 100 publications.
Carlos Conca is a Chilean applied mathematician, engineer and scientist. He is the first Chilean scientist to be recognized by the French government with a distinction in the field of Exact and Natural Sciences.
Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo is a Brazilian and naturalized French mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such award. He has been a researcher at both the IMPA and the CNRS. He has been a professor at the University of Zurich since September 2018.
Delia Duca Iliescu is a Romanian former beauty pageant contestant and chess player who has hosted the chess-themed television show "Strategie in alb si negru" on the Romanian channel Realitatea Plus since 2015. She was Miss Universe Romania 2012 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2012. She is an IT professional, a chess player and FIDE chess arbiter.
Julius Bogdan Borcea was a Romanian Swedish mathematician. His scientific work included vertex operator algebra and zero distribution of polynomials and entire functions, via correlation inequalities and statistical mechanics.
Ana Caraiani is a Romanian-American mathematician, who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Hausdorff Chair at the University of Bonn. Her research interests include algebraic number theory and the Langlands program.
Nairi Sedrakyan is Erdős Award 2022 winner Armenian mathematician involved in national and international Olympiads, including American Mathematics Competitions (USA) and IMO, having been the president of the Armenian Mathematics Olympiads, the Leader of Armenian IMO Team, a jury member and problem selection committee member of the International Mathematical Olympiad, a jury member and problem selection committee member of the Zhautykov International Mathematical Olympiad (IZhO), a jury member and problem selection committee member of the International Olympiad of Metropolises, the president and organizer of the International Mathematical Olympiad Tournament of the Towns in the Republic of Armenia (1986-2013). He has also authored a large number of problems proposed in these Olympiads. The government of Armenia awarded the author the title of the best teacher of Armenia and he received a special gift from the Prime Minister. Nairi Sedrakyan's son Hayk Sedrakyan is also a professional mathematician and former IMO competitor.
The Romanian Olympiad in Informatics is an annual competitive programming contest for secondary school students in Romania. It gathers about 300 high-school students and about 160 gymnasium students.
