Six Peruvian scholars will participate in the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2017) taking place in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on July 12-23 this year.
Peru's participation
in the said
competition was authorized by Ministerial Resolution No. 397-2017-MINEDU, published in El Peruano official newspaper on Tuesday.
The national delegation will be composed of Raul Alcantara Castillo, Diego Lazaro Cusihuaman, Daniel Benavides Quispialaya, Henry Felen Chavez, Daniel Rojas Cruz and Joseph Altamirano Pacheco.
The group of students will be joined by tutors Emilio Gonzaga Ramirez and Jorge Tipe Villanueva.
This year's edition will
feature 115 nations, including Albania, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Peru, Spain, Switzerland and the United States, among others.
The event
The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students and is held annually in a different country.
The first IMO was held in 1959 in Romania, with 7 participating countries. It has gradually expanded to over 100 countries from 5 continents.
The IMO Advisory Board ensures that the event takes place each year and that each host country observes the regulations and traditions of the IMO.
About the contest
During the competition, contestants have to solve, individually, two contest papers on two consecutive days, with three problems each day. Each problem is worth seven points.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in the ratio of 1:2:3 according to the overall results — half of the contestants receive a medal.
In order to encourage as many students as possible to solve complete problems, certificates of honorable mention are awarded to them (not receiving a medal), who obtained 7 points for at least one problem.
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