The IMO Compendium by Vladimir Jankovic

The IMO Compendium by Vladimir Jankovic

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This is the latest edition of the ultimate collection of challenging probems from The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) of high-school-level mathematics problems. This volume collects 143 new problems, picking up where the 1959-2004 edition left off.

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The IMO Compendium by Vladimir Jankovic

-Preface.-1. Introduction.-2. Basic Concepts and Facts.-3. Problems.-4. Solutions.-Appendix A. Notations and Abbreviations.-Appendix B. Codes of the Countries of Origin.-References.

"The International Mathematical Olympiad, or IMO is the premier international competition for talented high school mathematics students… This book collects statements and solutions of all of the problems ever set in the IMO, together with many problems proposed for the contest. … serves as a vast repository of problems at the Olympiad level, useful both to students … and to faculty looking for hard elementary problems. No library will want to be without a copy, nor will anyone involved in mathematics competitions … ."

—(Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MathDL, March, 2006)

The authors of this volume have published the first edition with Springer in 2006. The first edition has gone through 3 printings and 2510 print sales. Links to the first edition can be found on the IMO website.

Each of the authors are from Serbia and all were medalists in the mathematical olympiads. Dusan Djusic is an expert in number theory and took part in 3 IMOs. He won 2 silver medals and 1  gold. He has also participates in 2 Balkan IMOs and medaled in each.

Ivan Matic's area of research is partial differential equations and won a silver medal at the 1999 IMO along with a number of awards in other competitions.

Vladimir Jankovic's areas of study are extreme problems in optimal control. He was awarded 2 silver medals at the IMOs in 1969 and 1970 and has been the main gatekeeper for the shortlist problems from IMOs of years past.

Nikola Petrovic took part in 3 IMOs and 2 Balkan IMOs and has been awarded silver and bronze medals.

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ISBN 13 9781441998538
ISBN 10 1441998535
Title The IMO Compendium
Author Du An Djuki
Series Problem Books In Mathematics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published 2011-05-16
Number of pages 809
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.