The British Mathematical Olympiad Subtrust (BMOS) and Committee (BMOC)

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad report available (8 May 2013)

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:38:39 +0000

The European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad information now includes Hannah Roberts’s report on the 2013 olympiad.

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad team selected (30 April 2013)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:53:49 +0000

The Balkan Mathematical Olympiad will be held in Cyprus from 28 June–3 July. The UK Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dr Gerry Leversha, formerly of St Paul’s School. The team has been selected as follows.

Name	School
Oliver Feng	Eton College
William Gao	Merchiston Castle School
Frank Han	Dulwich College
Maria Holdcroft	Willink School
Freddie Illingworth	Magdalen College School
Warren Li	Fulford School

The reserve is Andrew Carlotti of Sir Roger Manwood’s School.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad results (12 April 2013)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:22:00 +0000

The UK team in the second European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad have achieved the following results, coming 11th out of 22 participating teams. The medal boundaries are 27 for gold, 21 for silver and 16 for bronze.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q6	Total	Medal
Maria Holdcroft	7	5	0	7	1	20	Bronze Medal
Elizabeth Lee	7	6	3	6	1	23	Silver Medal
Katya Richards	7	5	0	1	1	14	Honourable Mention
Kasia Warburton	1	7	0	5	0	13	Honourable Mention

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 2 (11 April 2013)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:16:50 +0000

The problems from the second paper at the second European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Luxembourg, are now available.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Day 1 (10 April 2013)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:05:42 +0000

The problems from the first paper at the second European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad, sat today in Luxembourg, are now available.

IMO squad selected (8 April 2013)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:08:17 +0000

At the training camp held at Trinity College, Cambridge from 4–8 April, the squad of nine from which the team of six and three reserves for the IMO in Santa Marta, Colombia will be selected has been chosen as:

Name	School
Andrew Carlotti	Sir Roger Manwood’s School
Gabriel Gendler	Queen Elizabeth’s School
Frank Han	Dulwich College
Maria Holdcroft	Willink School
Daniel Hu	City of London School
Freddie Illingworth	Magdalen College School
Sahl Khan	St Paul’s School
Warren Li	Fulford School
Matei Mandache	Loughborough Grammar School

The Team Leader is Dr Geoff Smith of the University of Bath and the Deputy Leader is Dominic Yeo of Worcester College, Oxford. Beverley Detoeuf of UKMT will be Observer with Contestants. The IMO will take place from 18–28 July, with joint pre-IMO training with the Australian IMO team being held in Santa Marta, 15–21 July. The final team will be selected at the Oundle training camp held 25–29 May.

Romanian Master of Mathematics 2013 report available (3 April 2013)

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:52:44 +0000

The Romanian Master of Mathematics information now includes Jonathan Lee’s report on RMM 2013.

RMM 2013 student report (2 April 2013)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:14:50 +0000

An unofficial report on the Romanian Master of Mathematics 2013 from the student perspective, by UK team member Matei Mandache, is now available.

Romanian Master of Mathematics results (3 March 2013)

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:53:41 +0000

The UK team in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition have achieved the following results, coming 3rd out of fifteen teams in the team competition (determined by the sum of the top three scores from each team as per the competition rules). The medal boundaries are 31 for gold, 23 for silver and 16 for bronze.

Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Total	Medal
Andrew Carlotti	0	7	0	7	7	7	28	Silver Medal
Gabriel Gendler	0	0	0	7	0	7	14	Honourable Mention
Daniel Hu	2	7	7	7	7	4	34	Gold Medal
Sahl Khan	7	0	0	1	7	0	15	Honourable Mention
Warren Li	5	0	0	6	7	0	18	Bronze Medal
Matei Mandache	7	7	0	7	7	7	35	Gold Medal

Romanian Master of Mathematics Day 2 (3 March 2013)

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:27:52 +0000

The problems from the second paper at this year’s Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, sat yesterday, are now available.

Romanian Master of Mathematics Day 1 (2 March 2013)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:09:07 +0000

The problems from the first paper at this year’s Romanian Master of Mathematics competition, sat yesterday, are now available.

European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad 2013 team (9 February 2013)

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:14:53 +0000

The second European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad will be held in Luxembourg from 8–14 April. The UK team will be:

Name	School
Maria Holdcroft	Willink School
Elizabeth Lee	Loughborough High School
Katya Richards	School of St Helen and St Katharine
Kasia Warburton	Reigate Grammar School

The reserve is Ellie Holderness of Latymer Upper School. The Team Leader is Hannah Roberts of Pembroke College, Oxford and the Deputy Leader is Jo Harbour of Mayfield Primary School, Cambridge.

Romanian Master of Mathematics 2013 team (9 February 2013, staff updated 14 February 2013)

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:03:19 +0000

The UK will compete again in the Romanian Master of Mathematics competition in 2013, to be held from 27 February–3 March. The Team Leader will be Jonathan Lee of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Deputy Leader will be Beverley Detoeuf of UKMT; Dan Schwarz (Romania) will be Observer. The UK team will be:

Name	School
Andrew Carlotti	Sir Roger Manwood’s School
Gabriel Gendler	Queen Elizabeth’s School
Daniel Hu	City of London School
Sahl Khan	St Paul’s School
Warren Li	Fulford School
Matei Mandache	Loughborough Grammar School

BMO Round 2 marked (9 February 2013, New Zealand results added 28 February)

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:56:00 +0000

BMO Round 2 was marked in London on 9 February; 12 candidates in New Zealand also sat the paper, their scripts were marked in New Zealand using the same mark schemes as used in the UK, and such candidates are marked “(NZ)” below. Invitations to the Trinity training camp will be sent shortly to selected candidates eligible to represent the UK at the IMO, and details of marks will be sent to schools. The following candidates scored 15 or more out of 40.

Daniel Hu	40
Matei Mandache	40
Sahl Khan	39
Andrew Carlotti	38
Warren Li	33
Edward Kirkby	30
Gabriel Gendler	29
Zhenyu Han	29
Tianbei Li	28
Marius Tirlea	27
Hongmin Gao	26
Harry Metrebian	24
George Han (NZ)	22
Ramsay Pyper	22
Pascal Bose	21
Oliver Feng	20
Liam Hughes	20
Freddie Illingworth	20
Gareth Jones	20
Hoseong Seo	20
Joseph Tomkinson	20
Matthew Jasper	19
Linden Ralph	18
Madhi Elango	17
Remy Naylor	17
Maria Holdcroft	16
Harvey Yau	16
Byung-Cheol Cho (NZ)	15

BMO Round 2 (1 February 2013)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:59:43 +0000

This year’s BMO Round 2 paper was taken yesterday.

BMO Round 2 cut-offs (18 December 2012)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:52:15 +0000

The BMO2 qualifying cut-off scores are 38 for students in year 13 (England and Wales), year S6 (Scotland), year 14 (Northern Ireland); 31 for students in year 12 (England and Wales), year S5 (Scotland), year 13 (Northern Ireland); 28 for students in year 11 (England and Wales), year S4 (Scotland), year 12 (Northern Ireland); and 20 for students in lower school years. Scoring at least the cut-off on BMO1 gives free entry to BMO2 provided that the candidate is eligible to represent the UK at the IMO. Any participant in BMO1 may enter BMO2 by paying the entry fee of £25. BMO2 will take place on 31 January 2013.

BMO Round 1 marked (7–9 December 2012, New Zealand results added 23 December)

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:52:00 +0000

BMO Round 1 was marked in Cambridge on 7–9 December; 22 candidates in New Zealand also sat the paper, their scripts were marked in New Zealand using the same mark schemes as used in the UK, and such candidates are marked “(NZ)” below. The following candidates scored 50 or more out of 60.

Andrew Carlotti	60
Madhi Elango	60
Oliver Feng	60
Alex Harris	60
Maria Holdcroft	60
Daniel Hu	60
Freddie Illingworth	60
Edward Kirkby	60
Matei Mandache	60
Ian Seong (NZ)	60
Matthew Jasper	59
Natalia Chen (NZ)	58
Gabriel Gendler	58
Sahl Khan	58
Jaehwan Kim (NZ)	57
Yuting Li	57
Ian Fan	55
Ramsay Pyper	53
Linden Ralph	52
Harvey Yau	52
Monika Dec	51
Hongmin Gao	50
Mikita Kudlovich	50
Warren Li	50
Remy Naylor	50
Qin Zou	50

BMO Round 1 (1 December 2012)

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:59:49 +0000

This year’s BMO Round 1 paper was taken yesterday; video solutions are temporarily available online. Production facilities for the video were donated by the University of Bath Audio Visual Unit.

UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls extended solutions (11 October 2012)

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:50:55 +0000

The solutions to the 2012 UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls paper now include extended discussions of the problems and the approaches taken by candidates.

Royal Society celebration (1 October 2012)

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:40:48 +0000

The 2012 olympiad teams’ achievements were celebrated at the Royal Society on Monday 1 October; Professor Ben Green FRS gave the 35th annual IMO lecture, on “Prime Numbers”.