International Mathematical Olympiad

The most famous and one of the oldest world events for High School students is the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) - see the official website at http://www.imo-official.org/. Founded in 1959, it has influenced through years on intellectual activities in many countries.

Among all the IMO medalists, there were a lot of them who eventually became great mathematicians, such as L. Babai, R. Borcherds, V. Drinfeld, T. Gowers, P. Kronheimer, L. Lafforgue and V. Lafforgue, L. Lovasz, G. Margulis, Y. Matiyasevitch, G. Perelman, A. Razborov, S. Smirnov, T. Tao, R. Taylor, J.-C. Yoccoz and others.

The olympiad itself consists of two days and each day one is asked to solve 3 problems in 4.5 hours. Here are pdf-files with the problems:

1959
1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979
nope - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 -

Next year's 50th International Math Olympiad will be in Bremen (Germany) - from 10th to 22nd July.

France first participated in the IMO in 1967. The best rank French team achieved was the 5th place in 1990. The senior team leader is Claude Deschamps. For more details visit http://www.animath.fr/.
The following Professors at the University Paris-Sud 11 were all medalists of the IMO: David Harari, Guy Henniart, Pierre Pansu, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz.

Weekly Trainings 2007-2008

June

Saturday, 14-06-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Laurent Cornaggia, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sébastien Miquel, Jeanne Nguyen
¤ Problems: Combinatorial Geometry

Saturday, 07-06-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Armand Bernardi, Laurent Cornaggia, Diane Gallois-Wong, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Jeanne Nguyen
¤ Problems: Number Theory II

May

Saturday, 31-05-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: William Fujiwara, Laurent Cornaggia, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Jeanne Nguyen, Thomas Williams
¤ Problems: Number Theory I

Saturday, 24-05-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Thomas Williams
¤ Problems: The Extremal Principle II

Saturday, 17-05-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi, Sébastien Miquel, Jeanne Nguyen, Thomas Williams
¤ Problems: The Extremal Principle I

Saturday, 10-05-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi, Sébastien Miquel, Jeanne Nguyen
¤ Problems: Geometry - Homothety

Saturday, 03-05-2008, 14:00-18:00
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Emmanuel Lecouturier
¤ Problems: Functional Equations

April

Internship on Spring Holidays: here

Saturday, 12-04-2008, 14:00-18:00
Group A
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: William Fujiwara, Dimitry Ivanov, Emmanuel Lecouturier - list
¤ Problems: Inequalities
Group B
¤ Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
¤ Students: Jimmy Brumont, Antoine Chatalic, Sonia Mahmoudi, Maxime Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Mélissa Riesner, Patrick Son - list
¤ Problems: Concours Général 2005/3

Saturday, 05-04-2008, 14:00-18:00
Group A
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: William Fujiwara, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
¤ Training Test: here
Groups A+B
¤ Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, William Fujiwara, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi, Sébastien Miquel, Mélissa Riesner, Jeanne Nguyen, Lisa Saidi, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
¤ Problems: Concours Général 1994/5, 1994/4, 1992/5, 1994/3, 1990/1, 1990/3

March

Saturday, 29-03-2008, 14:00-18:00
Group A
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Jeanne N'Guyen, Rémi Vergnaud - list
¤ Problems: Geometry - Rotations
Group B
¤ Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
¤ Students: Jimmy Brumont, Antoine Chatalic, Sonia Mahmoudi, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Mélissa Riesner - list
¤ Problems: Concours Général 2004 Partie VI, 2005-2

Saturday, 22-03-2008, 14:00-18:00
Group A
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: William Fujiwara, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
¤ Problems: The Invariance Principle
Group B
¤ Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, Sonia Mahmoudi, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Sébastien Miquel, Lisa Saidi - list
¤ Problems: Concours Général 2004 Partie V

Saturday, 15-03-2008, 14:00-18:00
Group A
¤ Tutor: David Zmiaikou
¤ Students: Dimitry Ivanov, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
¤ Problems: The Box Principle
Group B
¤ Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
¤ Students: Antoine Chatalic, Sonia Mahmoudi, Mélanie Martinez, Lisa Saidi, Floriane Sudre - list
¤ Problems: Concours Général 2004 Parties I, II, IV

Sunday, 09-03-2008, 9:00-18:00
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Dimitry Ivanov, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi - list
Problems: Olympiades Académiques de Première

Saturday, 08-03-2008, 13:00-18:00
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Dimitry Ivanov, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Sonia Mahmoudi - list
Problems: Olympiades Académiques de Première

04-03-2008
Tutors: Louis Santharoubane and David Zmiaikou
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Dimitry Ivanov, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Rémi Vergnaud - list
Problems: from University of Waterloo and Brandeis University - 1, 2, 3, 4

Homework for Winter Holidays from the British Mathematical Olympiad: here

February

Internship on Winter Holidays: here

16-02-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1987/2, IMO 1970/3, IMO 1993/5, IMO 1987/3 - list

09-02-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1993/2, IMO 1999/6, IMO 1982/3, IMO 1977/2 - list

02-02-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1961/4, IMO 1987/4, IMO 1984/1, IMO 1994/1, IMO 1997/2 - list

January

26-01-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1961/5, IMO 1994/5, IMO 1969/6, IMO 1984/5 - list

19-01-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Antoine Chatalic, Laurent Cornaggia, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud - list
Problems: IMO 1966/6, IMO 1992/2, IMO 1972/4, IMO 1981/2, IMO 1994/2 - list

12-01-2008
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1960/4, IMO 2000/2, IMO 1979/6, IMO 1983/1 - list

December

22-12-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Anaïs Lecerf, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1981/6, IMO 1979/3, IMO 1995/2, IMO 1966/1 - list

15-12-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1959/5, IMO 1988/3, IMO 1973/3 - list

08-12-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1985/1, IMO 1981/1, IMO 1982/1, IMO 1959/4, IMO 1986/5 - list

01-12-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1964/2, IMO 1983/6, IMO 1968/5, IMO 1961/2, IMO 1965/5, IMO 1966/2, IMO 1974/5 - list

November

24-11-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1995/4, IMO 1977/4, IMO 1977/5 - list

17-11-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1984/2, IMO 2002/4, IMO 1986/1, IMO 1978/1, IMO 1976/4 - list

10-11-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Théry Gutel, Alice Héliou, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud - list
Problems: IMO 1962/1, IMO 1968/2, IMO 1969/1, IMO 1981/3 - list

Tests during Fall Holidays: here

October

27-10-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Jessica Guerand, Alice Héliou, Amélie Héliou, Dimitry Ivanov, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1960/1, IMO 1963/4, IMO 1964/1, IMO 1966/4, IMO 1966/5 - list

20-10-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Laurent Cornaggia, Dimitry Ivanov, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1969/2, IMO 1976/6, IMO 1970/4, IMO 1968/3, IMO 1999/4 - list

13-10-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, William Fujiwara, Alice Héliou, Amélie Héliou, Dimitry Ivanov, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Jeanne Nguyen, Florian Tep, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1975/4, IMO 1974/3, IMO 1976/2, IMO 1972/3 - list

06-10-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Vincent de Bigault du Granrut, Dimitry Ivanov, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1961/3, IMO 1965/2, IMO 1965/4, IMO 1967/3 - list

September

29-09-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Maxime André, Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Luc Descamps, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Florian Tep, Rémi Vergnaud - list
Problems: IMO 2006/4, IMO 1979/5, IMO 1982/4 - list

22-09-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Maxime André, Cédric Bourdais, Philippe Cloarec, Laurent Cornaggia, Luc Descamps, Eugénia Jeltikova, Anaïs Lecerf, Emmanuel Lecouturier, Léonard Martelli, Maxime Martelli, Jeanne Nguyen, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1979/1, IMO 1994/4 - list

15-09-2007
Tutor: Louis Santharoubane
Students: Maxime André, Laurent Cornaggia, Rémi Vergnaud, Thomas Williams - list
Problems: IMO 1992/1, IMO 1993/1 - list