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*** Departmental Problem Solving Contest ****

The winners are Thomas Watts and Toby Sanders.

Do you like to solve Math problems? The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Georgia Southern University is pleased to announce the Mathematics Problem-Solving Competition.

Current: Problem Sets:

Spring 2009:

Set 1 (solution),

Set 2 (solution),

Set 3 (solution),

Set 4

Fall 2008:

Set 1 (solution),

Set 2 (solution),

Set 3 (solution)

Set 4 (solution)

Archive:

Spring 2008: Set 1 (solution), Set 2 (solution) Set 3 (solution)
Winners are Smythe and Hanna again.
Fall 2007: Set 1 (solution), Set 2 (solution) Set 3 (solution)
Winners are Smythe and Hanna.
Fall 2006: Set 1 (solution), Set 2 (solution), Set 3 (solution)

Spring 2006: Set 1 (solution), Set 2 (solution), Set 3 (solution)

Fall 2005: Set 1 (solution), Set 2, Set 3, Set 4 Co-Winners: Jesse King and Alex Yang

Spring 2005: Set 1 (solution), Set 2, Set 3, Set 4

Fall 2004: Set 1 (solution), Set 2, Set 3 And the Winner is: Scott Tam

Guidelines:

Problem sets will be posted regularly on the following webpage: http://math.georgiasouthern.edu/math/math_competition/math_competition.php

Do as many as you can and submit your solutions to the Mathematics Department main office by the due date. You don't need to solve all the problems. Please include your name and e-mail address.

Solutions will be checked for correctness and assigned a score. The student(s) with the highest cumulative score at the end of the semester will be declared the winner(s), and awarded a prize!

Eligibility: All registered undergraduate students at GSU are eligible for the competition.

For more information, contact:

Dr. V. Maymeskul or Dr. S. Kersey
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8093