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Im interested in learning olympiad number theory and. The book is selfcontained and rigorously presented. I am looking for a book which contains theory as well as previous year problems because many books contains no theory or explanation but only questions. The following article was written by ho jun wei who was an imo medalist in 2006. Is this book good to learn olympiad level number theory. This article was included in mathematical reflections, issue 6 of 2014. National science olympiad nso, national cyber olympiad nco, international mathematics olympiad imo, international english. Buy problems of number theory in mathematical competitions mathematical olympiad series by yu hongbing isbn. This text is intended for a one or twosemester undergraduate course in abstract algebra. Nso sample papers can be obtained from the official website. See this book at if you are willing to fill in some gaps and want to delve into important number theory in less than 100 pages, including excercises, then go for. For beginners, mathematical circles by dimitri fomin is recommended. Many imo alumni returned as firsttime staff members that year.
In the united states of america, the selection process leading to participation in the international mathematical olympiad imo consists of a series of national contests called the american mathematics contest 10 amc 10, the american mathematics contest 12 amc 12, the american invitational mathematics examinationaime, and. I highly recommend this book for students and teachers of mos. It contains solutions to the problems from 34 national and regional contests featured in the earlier book, together with. Math entrance, cmi entrance and math olympiad visit ht. Volume 2problems of number theory in mathematical competitions by author. This was the basis of chapter 7 of my geometry textbook. Book author publication 1 challenge and thrill of precollege mathematics v. Online books by topic number theory by justin stevens number theory by david santos geometry revisited by h.
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