Student competitions sponsored by the MCS Department.
联系人:
布鲁斯·佩尔(bpell@ltu)
露丝·法夫罗(rfavro@safarinautique.com)
Michigan Autumn Take Home Challenge (MATH Challenge)
学生注册: 2020年10月28日
日期: 2020年11月7日
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Teams of two or three students have three hours to solve 10 math problems with proof, covering different parts of the undergraduate math curriculum. Originating in Michigan, it is aimed at students from small colleges. It is based on the LMMC (see below), but taken on teams’ 首页 campus, so no travel is required.
学生注册: October 23
日期: October 23–November 14, 2020
Teams of 2-3 students have a week to model and solve a problem involving differential equations. At the end of the week, the team gives a presentation of their results to faculty judges. 演讲前, the team must consider an extension of their problem to add to their results.
Postponed until February 20, 2021
A prestigious math contest for students in the U.S. 和加拿大, consisting of 12 questions: six questions over three hours in the morning, and six questions over three hours in the afternoon. The questions range over the undergraduate curriculum, often emphasizing the upper level. 需要明确的证据. More than 4,000 students currently take the exam. 中位数通常为0-2.
MCM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling) and ICM (Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling)
日期: 2022年2月17日至21日
A four-day international contest for teams of 2-3 students each, held in late January or early February. Teams choose one of six problem types: continuous math, 离散数学, data science (MCM) or operations research/networks, 环境科学, 公共政策. Teams have four days to research and create a model, 找到解决方案, 然后写一篇研究论文, 按照设定的格式. Clear and concise technical writing is important. Problems are often very current, such as developing a plan to significantly reduce, 如果不是消除, single-use and disposable plastic product waste, or examining the future power requirements of electric devices and cars. Papers are judged in these categories: Successful Participant, 荣誉奖, 值得称赞的, 入围者和杰出者.
In 2001, an 利记sbo team was rated Outstanding and many teams are rated 值得称赞的 or Finalist.Lower Michigan 数学竞赛 (LMMC)
日期:4月中旬
Teams of 2 or 3 students have three hours to solve 10 math problems with proof, covering different parts of the undergraduate math curriculum. It is open to students from Michigan small colleges. All teams meet at a host institution. Old problems, solutions, and other information can be found 在这里.