The two volumes of 'Engaging Young Students in Mathematics through Competitions' present a wide scope of aspects relating to mathematics competitions and their meaning in the world of mathematical research, teaching and entertainment.

Volume II contains background information on connections between the mathematics of competitions and the organization of such competitions, their interplay with research, teaching and more.

It will be of interest to anyone involved with mathematics competitions at any level, be they researchers, competition participants, teachers or theoretical educators.

The various chapters were written by the participants of the 8th Congress of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions in Austria in 2018.

Contents: Mathematics Competitions and Research:From the Lifting-the-Exponent-Lemma to Elliptic Curves with Isomorphic Groups of Points: How Olympiad Mathematics Influences Mathematical Research (Clemens Heuberger)Examples of Mathematics and Competitions Influencing Each Other (Peter Taylor and Kevin McAvaney)University Mathematics in the Polish Mathematical Olympiad (Krzysztof Ciesielski)Building Bridges Between Olympiads and Mathematics: Three Long-Distance Trains of Thought (Alexander Soifer)Mathematics Competitions and Teaching:Beyond the Rainbow — Thoughts on the Potential of Mathematics Competition Problems in the Classroom (Robert Geretschläger)How to Create and Solve: Analysis of Items from the Mathematical Kangaroo from Two Perspectives (Lukas Andritsch, Evita Hauke and Jakob Kelz)The Special Role of Mathematics Competitions in Certain Countries:The Impact of Mathematical Olympiads on the Mathematics Community of Colombia (María Falk de Losada)The Impact of Mathematical Olympiads on the Mathematics Community of Venezuela (Rafael Sánchez Lamoneda)Mathematical Olympiads in Cabo Verde: Genesis, History and Comments (Natália Furtado)Special Mathematics Competitions:Some Selected Problems from the Mediterranean Mathematics Competition after its First 20 Years (Francisco Bellot-Rosado)Náboj: A Somehow Different Competition (Erich Fuchs, Bettina Kreuzer, Alexander Slávik and Martina Vaváčková)The CompMath Competition: Solving Math Problems with Computer Algebra Systems (Stoyan Kapralov, Penka Ivanova and Stefka Bouyuklieva)Evolving Ideas in Problem Series of the Chernorizec Hrabar Math Tournament (Borislav Yordanov Lazarov)The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival: A Complement and Alternative to Competitions (Mark Saul)The Flavor of the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: A Concerto in Four Movements (Alexander Soifer)Computational Thinking Hackathon (Yahya Tabesh and Shaya Zarkesh)
Readership: Students, teachers, researchers, and general public interested in mathematics competition problems.Mathematics Competitions;Mathematics Education;Mathematical Puzzles00

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