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Nitya Nigam Even with COVID-19 lockdowns enforced around the world, there are plenty of virtual opportunities for you to participate in from home. From competitions to communal research projects, there's something out there for every level of aspiring mathematician. In this article, I've compiled a few such opportunities that I've personally found to be engaging.
CrowdMath An open research project aimed at high school and college students, CrowdMath is a collaboration between MIT PRIMES (a high school maths research program run by MIT) and Art of Problem Solving (a great resource that we've recommended in the past). It offers the opportunity to collaborate with peers from around the globe with expert research mentors. Their goal is to create a place for students to experience research mathematics and discover ideas that did not exist before. The topic for 2020 was Metric Dimension, and featured a variety of unanswered questions in graph theory. You can collaborate with other participants via threads on the public message board, so it's really easy to work with each other and ask for help. Definitely something to check out once 2021's topic is announced! International Youth Math Challenge (IYMC) IYMC is an international online maths competitions for secondary school and university students globally (although open to university students, the problems are accessible to most high school maths students). It has three rounds, the first two of which require full written solutions, making it a great way to practice your proof-writing and mathematical communication. You also get an extra commendation if your solutions to the first round are typeset using software like LaTeX, which is wonderful preparation if you intend to study maths (or any mathematical subject, like physics, engineering or computer science) at university, as many of your problem sets will have to be formatted with LaTeX-formatted. Dates for the 2021 competition haven't been released yet, but stay tuned so that you can register when they are! Mathcon Usually attracting 50,000 or so participants annually from schools across the US and worldwide, Mathcon is going virtual this year, offering a 45 minute competition for kids aged 9 to 18. Students who do well qualify for increasingly competitive rounds, eventually reaching the prestigious final. Although this is a paid competition (individual entry is 15USD), winners can earn medals, scholarships and other prizes. The testing window this year is January 19th to March 12th, so make sure to register before the 19th if you're interested! Let us know in the comments if you'd like more recommendations for maths competitions and such!
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