In order to recognize the achievement and to increase the interest in
mathematics, the 8th Annual Vojtěch Jarník
International Mathematical Competition will be held at the University of
Ostrava on Wednesday, 1st April 1998. The competition is intended
for university students of mathematics.
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.
The competition is free of charge. It is sponsored by the University of
Ostrava. The prizes are CZK 3500, CZK 1500 and CZK 1000
and they will be awarded to the winner of the competition and to the
students on second and third place, respectively, in each
category.
The course of the competition is controlled by the Competition
Committee. It consists of delegates from participating universities.
Each university sends one representative into the Committee. The
Competition Committee is responsible for:
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selection and evaluation of competition problems which will be solved in
each category,
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correction and evaluation of students' solutions and
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determination of the list of the winners.
A majority of votes is necessary for the acceptance of the winner. In
the case of a tie, the chairman of the Committee casts the deciding
vote.
The first meeting of the Committee will take place on 31st March
1998 at 13:00. The members of the Committee will elect their chairman
and will select competition problems for each category.
There will be four mathematical problems and one computer-programming
problem in each category. Students will have four hours to solve these
problems. Their solutions will be evaluated by the Committee then. The
total score of a student will be equal to the sum of the points for the
first three mathematical problems plus the points for the fourth
mathematical problem or the points for the computer-programming problem,
whichever is greater.
Each participating university shall announce its delegate's name and his
e-mail as soon as possible to
hancl a osu cczz *.
* Type at-sign character ("@") instead of
" a ", type dot (".") instead
of space (" "), and type just "cz"
instead of "cczz".
Each participating university should send at least one problem for each
category along with a solution. Please do not forget to send it in a
LaTeX file in English before 20th March 1998. The e-mail address
is
hancl a osu cczz *.
Each participating university agrees not to reveal the competition
problems to any of its students before the beginning of the
competition.
The competition will take place on 1st April 1998 from 9:00 to
13:00. The results will be announced the same day in the evening (at
about 19:00).
There is no limit on the number of students from one university, but two
students are usually sent to each category.
The official language is English. The competition problems will be in
the English language too. Students are recommended to solve these
problems in English. They can write their solutions in any other
language only if that language is the mother tongue of at least one
member of the Competition Committee.
