Welcome to the British Mathematical Olympiad

• A PDF file (300kB) containing lots of BMO problems from the past (1993–2008). No answers are supplied!
• A short history of the BMOC
• Current committee members
• Events calendar
• The BMO papers
• Notes on BMO marking (PDF)
• Policy on eligibility
• National Mathematics Summer School
• The International Mathematical Olympiad
• The Balkan Mathematical Olympiad
• The Romanian Master in Mathematics
• UK IMO Training Sessions
• A brief article on areal co-ordinate methods in Euclidean geometry (PDF), by Tom Lovering
• Past news and events

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad results (8 May 2008)

The United Kingdom and Ireland team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in Ohrid have achieved the following scores (each question marked out of 10). The team total of 73 placed us 8th out of 19 participating (official and guest) teams.

The medal cut-offs were 29 for gold, 17 for silver and 5 for bronze. The problems are available on Mathlinks.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad problems (6 May 2008)

The problems from today’s Balkan Mathematical Olympiad paper are available from Mathlinks.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad team selected (11 April 2008)

A joint “United Kingdom and Ireland” team will be competing as a guest team in the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad, to be held in Ohrid, Macedonia from 4–10 May. The Team Leader is Dr Adrian Sanders (ex Trinity College, Cambridge) and the Deputy Leader is Jacqui Lewis (St. Julian’s International School, Carcavelos, Portugal). After the training camp held at Trinity College, Cambridge from 3–7 April, the six team members have been selected as follows:

Article on areal co-ordinates (9 April 2008)

A brief article on areal co-ordinate methods in Euclidean geometry, by Tom Lovering, is now available.

IMO squad selected (7 April 2008)

After the training camp held at Trinity College, Cambridge from 3–7 April, the squad of nine from which the team of six and three reserves for the IMO in Madrid, Spain will be selected has been chosen as:

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath, the Deputy Leader is Dr Ceri Fiddes of Stowe School, the Observer with Deputy is Dr Vesna Kadelburg of Sevenoaks School and the Observer with Contestants is Jacqui Lewis of St. Julian’s International School, Carcavelos, Portugal. The IMO will take place from 10–22 July.