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Second announcement
The Vojtěch Jarník Mathematical Competition is an
international mathematical competition intended for university students
of mathematics. It is held at the University of Ostrava every year in
March or April. This year it will be held on Wednesday, 9th April
1997.
This competition is divided into two categories. Category I is
intended for the students of the first and second year and
Category II is intended for the students of the third, fourth and
fifth year.
A Competition Committee (we will use the CC abbreviation in the
following) will be formed the day before the Competition (on Tuesday,
8th April 1997). The CC consists of university delegates; every
participating university sends one delegate.
The CC will choose competition problems and evaluate them. In each of
the categories, there will be four mathematical problems and one
programming problem. For every problem, a certain number of points is
stated. Students will have three hours to solve the problems. The
members of the CC will evaluate the students' solutions and award a
certain number of points for each of the solutions. The total number of
points received by a student is equal to the sum of the points for the
first three mathematical problems plus the maximum of the number of
points for the fourth mathematical problem and of the number of points
for the programming problem. (In other words, the fourth problem will
offer an alternative.) At the end of the competition the CC will make
the table of the final placing of the participants.
Only the winners of each category will be officially announced by the
CC. If a student does not have the sufficient number of points, his/her
name will not be published. Certainly, he/she will be able to see
his/her results unofficially.
The official language is English. Students can write solutions in their
native language under the condition that this language is the native
language of at least one member of the CC.
Every delegate to the CC should bring one problem for Category I
and one problem for Category II with him. Other problems are
welcome. It is supposed that the students do not know the problems.
There is no limit on the number of students from one university, but
there are usually two students per university in each category. A
student can participate without the agreement of his/her
university.
There is no participating fee. The competition is sponsored by the
University of Ostrava. The student on the first, second and third place
receives CZK 500, CZK 300 and CZK 200, respectively, in
both categories.
Practical information
There is Maria Tour Hotel (Přívozská 23,
Ostrava, phone +420 69 223260, fax +420 69 223258)
close to the Faculty of Science of the University of Ostrava, where the
competition will be held. The prices for foreigners are as follows:
CZK 800 for a signle room, CZK 1000 for a double room; the
prices for the Czechs and Slovaks are as follows: CZK 400 for a
single room, CZK 500 for a double room. The given price is for one
person per one night and includes breakfast.
The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Ostrava
(Bráfova 7, Ostrava) is situated near to the New City Hall.
One can take the trolley-bus number 102 from the Main Railway Station
and get off on the stop New City Hall (Nová radnice). On the
left-hand side, there is the New City Hall and in front of it, there is
the 30. dubna street. Turn to this street. The second street on
the left is Bráfova (the Faculty of Science). The third street
on the left is Přívozská (Maria Tour Hotel).
If you are interested in this competition, please, let me know (my
e-mail is
hancl a osu cczz *,
phone +420 69 222808, fax +420 69 222828). To book
the hotel, it is necessary that I know how many persons will arrive and
the exact date of their arrival.
* Type at-sign character ("@") instead of
" a ", type dot (".") instead
of space (" "), and type just "cz"
instead of "cczz".
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