Medals for Aalto students in an international math competition
A team of Aalto University students participated in the International Mathematics Competition for University Students 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria at the end of July.
The team was very successful, receiving three medals and an honorary mention. Selim Virtanen received a silver medal and bronze medals went to Alvar Kallio and Iiro Kumpulainen, whereas Aman Sher Agha obtained an honorary mention.
As in the International Math Olympiad for high school students, several medals of each color are given. This year the requirement for a silver medal was a position within the best 50% out of a total of 360 participants. The best competitors (Grand First Prize) came from the universities of G枚ttingen and Saint Petersburg.
Participation in the competition was funded by Emil Aaltonen Foundation.
Further information:
Pekka Alestalo, team leader
pekka.alestalo@aalto.fi
(results and problems with solutions from all years)
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