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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
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Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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Inequality on non-nagative numbers
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Source: My book
Let $a,b,c$ be non-nagative real numbers such that $a+b+c=3$.
Prove that $ab+bc+ca-abc \leq \frac{9}{4}$.
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Incircle in an isoscoles triangle
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Source: own
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB=AC$, and let $I$ be its incenter. Incircle touches sides $BC,CA,AB$ at $D,E,F$, respectively. Foot of altitudes from $E,F$ to $BC$ are $X,Y$ , respectively. Rays $XI,YI$ intersect $(ABC)$ at $P,Q$, respectively. Prove that $(PQD)$ touches incircle at $D$.
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Prove that the triangle is isosceles.
TUAN2k8   7
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Source: My book
Given acute triangle $ABC$ with two altitudes $CF$ and $BE$.Let $D$ be the point on the line $CF$ such that $DB \perp BC$.The lines $AD$ and $EF$ intersect at point $X$, and $Y$ is the point on segment $BX$ such that $CY \perp BY$.Suppose that $CF$ bisects $BE$.Prove that triangle $ACY$ is isosceles.
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Locus of Mobile points on Circle and Square
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Source: 2012 Hitotsubashi University entrance exam, problem 4
In the $xyz$-plane given points $P,\ Q$ on the planes $z=2,\ z=1$ respectively. Let $R$ be the intersection point of the line $PQ$ and the $xy$-plane.

(1) Let $P(0,\ 0,\ 2)$. When the point $Q$ moves on the perimeter of the circle with center $(0,\ 0,\ 1)$ , radius 1 on the plane $z=1$,
find the equation of the locus of the point $R$.

(2) Take 4 points $A(1,\ 1,\ 1) , B(1,-1,\ 1), C(-1,-1,\ 1)$ and $D(-1,\ 1,\ 1)$ on the plane $z=2$. When the point $P$ moves on the perimeter of the circle with center $(0,\ 0,\ 2)$ , radius 1 on the plane $z=2$ and the point $Q$ moves on the perimeter of the square $ABCD$, draw the domain swept by the point $R$ on the $xy$-plane, then find the area.
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Circle is tangent to circumcircle and incircle
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Source: 2016 ELMO Problem 6
Elmo is now learning olympiad geometry. In triangle $ABC$ with $AB\neq AC$, let its incircle be tangent to sides $BC$, $CA$, and $AB$ at $D$, $E$, and $F$, respectively. The internal angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ intersects lines $DE$ and $DF$ at $X$ and $Y$, respectively. Let $S$ and $T$ be distinct points on side $BC$ such that $\angle XSY=\angle XTY=90^\circ$. Finally, let $\gamma$ be the circumcircle of $\triangle AST$.

(a) Help Elmo show that $\gamma$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$.

(b) Help Elmo show that $\gamma$ is tangent to the incircle of $\triangle ABC$.

James Lin
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Mathematical Olympiad Finals 2013
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Mathematical Olympiad Finals 2013
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n^k + mn^l + 1 divides n^(k+1) - 1
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N 2 hours ago by alexanderhamilton124
Source: 2016 IMO Shortlist N4
Let $n, m, k$ and $l$ be positive integers with $n \neq 1$ such that $n^k + mn^l + 1$ divides $n^{k+l} - 1$. Prove that
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[*]$m = 1$ and $l = 2k$; or
[*]$l|k$ and $m = \frac{n^{k-l}-1}{n^l-1}$.
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A very beautiful geo problem
TheMathBob   4
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Source: Polish MO Finals P2 2023
Given an acute triangle $ABC$ with their incenter $I$. Point $X$ lies on $BC$ on the same side as $B$ wrt $AI$. Point $Y$ lies on the shorter arc $AB$ of the circumcircle $ABC$. It is given that $$\angle AIX = \angle XYA = 120^\circ.$$Prove that $YI$ is the angle bisector of $XYA$.
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Difficult combinatorics problem
shactal   0
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Can someone help me with this problem? Let $n\in \mathbb N^*$. We call a distribution the act of distributing the integers from $1$
to $n^2$ represented by tokens to players $A_1$ to $A_n$ so that they all have the same number of tokens in their urns.
We say that $A_i$ beats $A_j$ when, when $A_i$ and $A_j$ each draw a token from their urn, $A_i$ has a strictly greater chance of drawing a larger number than $A_j$. We then denote $A_i>A_j$. A distribution is said to be chicken-fox-viper when $A_1>A_2>\ldots>A_n>A_1$ What is $R(n)$
, the number of chicken-fox-viper distributions?
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Cubic and Quadratic
mathisreal   3
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Source: CIIM 2020 P2
Find all triples of positive integers $(a,b,c)$ such that the following equations are both true:
I- $a^2+b^2=c^2$
II- $a^3+b^3+1=(c-1)^3$
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No math to big math in 42 days
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CAN IT BE DONE





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[TEST RELEASED] OMMC Year 5
DottedCaculator   73
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Test portal: https://ommc-test-portal-2025.vercel.app/

Hello to all creative problem solvers,

Do you want to work on a fun, untimed team math competition with amazing questions by MOPpers and IMO & EGMO medalists? $\phantom{You lost the game.}$
Do you want to have a chance to win thousands in cash and raffle prizes (no matter your skill level)?

Check out the fifth annual iteration of the

Online Monmouth Math Competition!

Online Monmouth Math Competition, or OMMC, is a 501c3 accredited nonprofit organization managed by adults, college students, and high schoolers which aims to give talented high school and middle school students an exciting way to develop their skills in mathematics.

Our website: https://www.ommcofficial.org/
Our Discord (6000+ members): https://tinyurl.com/joinommc

This is not a local competition; any student 18 or younger anywhere in the world can attend. We have changed some elements of our contest format, so read carefully and thoroughly. Join our Discord or monitor this thread for updates and test releases.

How hard is it?

We plan to raffle out a TON of prizes over all competitors regardless of performance. So just submit: a few minutes of your time will give you a great chance to win amazing prizes!

How are the problems?

You can check out our past problems and sample problems here:
https://www.ommcofficial.org/sample
https://www.ommcofficial.org/2022-documents
https://www.ommcofficial.org/2023-documents
https://www.ommcofficial.org/ommc-amc

How will the test be held?/How do I sign up?

Solo teams?

Test Policy

Timeline:
Main Round: May 17th - May 24th
Test Portal Released. The Main Round of the contest is held. The Main Round consists of 25 questions that each have a numerical answer. Teams will have the entire time interval to work on the questions. They can submit any time during the interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Final Round: May 26th - May 28th
The top placing teams will qualify for this invitational round (5-10 questions). The final round consists of 5-10 proof questions. Teams again will have the entire time interval to work on these questions and can submit their proofs any time during this interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Conclusion of Competition: Early June
Solutions will be released, winners announced, and prizes sent out to winners.

Scoring:

Prizes:

I have more questions. Whom do I ask?

We hope for your participation, and good luck!

OMMC staff

OMMC’S 2025 EVENTS ARE SPONSORED BY:

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[*]Citadel
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[*]Jane Street
[*]And counting!
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Essentially, how to get good at olympiad math?
gulab_jamun   1
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Ok, so I'm posting this as an anynonymous user cuz I don't want to get flamed by anyone I know for my goals but I really do want to improve on my math skill.

Basically, I'm alright at computational math (10 AIME, dhr stanford math meet twice) and I hope I can get good enough at olympiad math over the summer to make MOP next year (I will be entering 10th as after next year, it becomes much harder :( )) Essentially, I just want to get good at olympiad math. If someone could, please tell me how to study, like what books (currently thinking of doing EGMO) but I don't know how to get better at the other topics. Also, how would I prepare? Like would I study both proof geometry and proof number theory concurrently or just study each topic one by one?? Would I do mock jmo/amo or js prioritize olympiad problems in each topic. I have the whole summer ahead of me, and intend to dedicate it to olympiad math, so any advice would be really appreciated. Thank you!
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9 best high school math competitions hosted by a college/university
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I only included college-hosted comps since MAA comps are very differently formatted, and IMO would easily beat the rest on quality since mathematicians around the world give questions, and so many problems are shortlisted, so IMO does release the IMO shortlist for people to practice. I also did not include the not as prestigious ones(like BRUMO, CUBRMC, and others), since most comps with very high quality questions are more prestigious(I did include other if you really think those questions are really good).
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semicolon math (math version of codeforces): looking for problem writers/testers
mathmastersd   8
N Apr 20, 2022 by mathmastersd
Hi all,

Note: If you aren't interested in problem writing/testing, but are interested in participating make sure to create an account on the website: https://scmath.herokuapp.com/ and join our discord server to chat (the link can be found in the about section of our website/front page of our website).

We also are running a test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.

It has been 2 months since I last posted here about my project idea: the math version of codeforces. (My last post here).

Since then I've been working on developing the project. It is now available at https://scmath.herokuapp.com/.

The current format for the contest is the following:
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[*]The usual contests have the following format, but this can vary:
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[*]6 problems
[*]1-1.5 hours to solve them
[*]2 easy AIME-like problems (difficulty problems 1-5)
[*]2 medium AIME-like problems (difficulty of problems 6-10)
[*]2 hard AIME-like problems (difficulty of problems 11-15)
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[*]Users have a long interval where they can pick the 1-1.5 hours to participate in the contest
[*]Users get instant feedback after submitting a problem
[*]Problems can have any integer values (including negative ones)
[*]Each problem has a value/certain number of points attached to it
[*]Users cannot view the contest scoreboard until the contest ends for everyone
[*]The contest scoreboard is ranked by total points from problems solved, and then total penalty from all the problems
[*]The penalty of one problems is computed as:
$$\text{time problem gets solved in minutes} + 10\cdot(\text{number of wrong submissions}).$$[/list]
I believe we should try to stick to this format, but contest writers/testers can adjust it as needed.

Anyway, if you are interested in joining staff (writing/testing problems) please DM me. We welcome all experience levels. :) Currently, we are using an AoPS forum but hurdler suggested a discord server as a better idea, so we can currently in the process of setting that up. For now, make sure to have a discord account, since that is likely the platform we will use to easily communicate with all contest writers. Or, we may continue using the AoPS forum.

PLEASE READ Staff rules
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[*]If you write any problems/test solve you are NOT allowed to participate in any rounds for the time being. I may change this rule, but this is to prevent problem writers/test solvers from having an unfair advantage since they possibly can see the problems in a contest (even if the problems are a year old).
[*]If you write problems, you agree for us to be able to use the problems in any contest and license it under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) after the contest so the problems are be freely distributed to benefit the math community.
[*]You must be have some activity at least once in 14 days (this can be simple as posting something in the discord sever or AoPS forum). Otherwise, you will LOOSE staff and CANNOT participate in contests (this is to prevent people from joining staff just to see the problems)
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Once again: Make sure to create an account on the website: https://scmath.herokuapp.com/ and join our discord server to chat (the link can be found in the about section of our website).

And join our test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.

Best,
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Hi all,

Note: If you aren't interested in problem writing/testing, but are interested in participating make sure to create an account on the website: https://scmath.herokuapp.com/ and join our discord server to chat (the link can be found in the about section of our website/front page of our website).

We also are running a test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.

It has been 2 months since I last posted here about my project idea: the math version of codeforces. (My last post here).

Since then I've been working on developing the project. It is now available at https://scmath.herokuapp.com/.

The current format for the contest is the following:
  • The usual contests have the following format, but this can vary:
    • 6 problems
    • 1-1.5 hours to solve them
    • 2 easy AIME-like problems (difficulty problems 1-5)
    • 2 medium AIME-like problems (difficulty of problems 6-10)
    • 2 hard AIME-like problems (difficulty of problems 11-15)
  • Users have a long interval where they can pick the 1-1.5 hours to participate in the contest
  • Users get instant feedback after submitting a problem
  • Problems can have any integer values (including negative ones)
  • Each problem has a value/certain number of points attached to it
  • Users cannot view the contest scoreboard until the contest ends for everyone
  • The contest scoreboard is ranked by total points from problems solved, and then total penalty from all the problems
  • The penalty of one problems is computed as:
    $$\text{time problem gets solved in minutes} + 10\cdot(\text{number of wrong submissions}).$$
I believe we should try to stick to this format, but contest writers/testers can adjust it as needed.

Anyway, if you are interested in joining staff (writing/testing problems) please DM me. We welcome all experience levels. :) Currently, we are using an AoPS forum but hurdler suggested a discord server as a better idea, so we can currently in the process of setting that up. For now, make sure to have a discord account, since that is likely the platform we will use to easily communicate with all contest writers. Or, we may continue using the AoPS forum.

PLEASE READ Staff rules
  • If you write any problems/test solve you are NOT allowed to participate in any rounds for the time being. I may change this rule, but this is to prevent problem writers/test solvers from having an unfair advantage since they possibly can see the problems in a contest (even if the problems are a year old).
  • If you write problems, you agree for us to be able to use the problems in any contest and license it under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) after the contest so the problems are be freely distributed to benefit the math community.
  • You must be have some activity at least once in 14 days (this can be simple as posting something in the discord sever or AoPS forum). Otherwise, you will LOOSE staff and CANNOT participate in contests (this is to prevent people from joining staff just to see the problems)

Once again: Make sure to create an account on the website: https://scmath.herokuapp.com/ and join our discord server to chat (the link can be found in the about section of our website).

And join our test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.

Best,
mathmastersd
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#2 h  Apr 14, 2022, 1:16 AM • 1 Y
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Also by the way the code for this project is available online. Get the code here:
https://github.com/bkf2020/semicolon
https://gitlab.com/bkf2020/semicolon
https://codeberg.org/bkf2020/semicolon

Additionally, I plan on accepting 15-20 problem writers now, since it is pretty hard to write good quality AIME problems. If you are interested in writing problems/testing please DM me. I welcome anyone willing to help me out!

Plus, I'm bumping the post for more visibility. :)
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#3 h  Apr 14, 2022, 1:20 AM • 1 Y
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Very cool :coolspeak:
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#4 h  Apr 14, 2022, 2:38 AM • 1 Y
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I plan on testsolving and problem writing for this whenever I have energy/bandwidth/time. Looking forward to making this good! ;)

(Bumping again for even more visibility)
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#5 h  Apr 14, 2022, 6:52 AM • 4 Y
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> By the way, if you write any problems/test solve expect to NOT be allowed to participate in any rounds for the time being.

Not that I think testwriters would care, but particularly for people who just propose problems, it wouldn't be too hard to ban them from participating iff their problem made it on the contest, right? Especially since I don't think CF-type contests are high stakes by any means. Testsolvers should probably be considered "tainted" for good though.

> We plan on having 15-20 problem writers max

This statement as good as means nothing because no organization I have seen (maybe except the MAA) has managed to get this many people.

> Another thing: it would be cool if the problems are available under a Creative commons license such as this one CC BY-SA 4.0 so the problems are be freely distributed to benefit the math community, but I will only do this if the problem writers agree.

Thought: You could do something like a CLA, where if you submit a problem you have to agree to license it under CC BY-SA 4.0 or something. Helps avoid legal trouble, and you want to do this now out of convenience.

> If you are a tester, it is preferred you can solve 10+ problems on AIME, but I welcome anyone willing to help out.

Sorry that this is only tangentially related to the topic at hand, but I wonder if saying this is a good idea. I know you "welcome anyone willing to help out", but let's put this into perspective:
- a 10 on AIME is practically equivalent to USA(J)MO qualification
- I sincerely doubt that the issue plaguing math contests asking for volunteers is that too many inexperienced people are signing up to help; rather I feel it's the opposite.
I think these kinds of statements do more harm than good, in general.
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I think it's kind of stupid to use an AoPS forum for organization (use an internal mailing list + Git to track problems), and you might want an external mailing list. But I'm quite opinionated on stuff like this, so do whatever works for you, I guess.
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#6 h  Apr 15, 2022, 5:15 AM • 2 Y
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Hi, I modified the original post a bit.

New updates:
  • We are running a test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.
  • Also, the plan is to use Discord instead of an AoPS forum for messaging as per suggestion of hurdler. Please DM me if you are interested.
  • I made it clear anyone with any experience interested in joining can help out. No requirements on AIME score.
  • I changed problem writer/tester into "staff". Now if you are staff you CANNOT participate in ANY contests because you can view all possible problems.
  • Lastly, if you write problems, you agree for us to be able to use the problems in any contest and license it under CC BY 4.0 after the contest so the problems are be freely distributed to benefit the math community.
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#7 h  Apr 15, 2022, 6:25 AM • 1 Y
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mathmastersd wrote:
Hi, I modified the original post a bit.

New updates:
  • We are running a test contest to see if the platform works. Anyone is welcome to join to test things out! Let me know about any bugs. You can view the link to join on the contests tab or alternatively use this.
  • Also, the plan is to use Discord instead of an AoPS forum for messaging as per suggestion of hurdler. Please DM me if you are interested.
  • I made it clear anyone with any experience interested in joining can help out. No requirements on AIME score.
  • I changed problem writer/tester into "staff". Now if you are staff you CANNOT participate in ANY contests because you can view all possible problems.
  • Lastly, if you write problems, you agree for us to be able to use the problems in any contest and license it under CC BY 4.0 after the contest so the problems are be freely distributed to benefit the math community.

i wish to join.
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#8 h  Apr 16, 2022, 1:53 AM • 1 Y
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I added a section about staff rules, which includes a new rule: You must be have some activity at least once in 14 days (this can be simple as posting something in the discord sever or AoPS forum). Otherwise, you will LOOSE staff and CANNOT participate in contests (this is to prevent people from joining staff just to see the problems).
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#10 h  Apr 20, 2022, 5:08 AM
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Hi our Discord server is available. You can find it in the about page of our website or the front page currently.

https://scmath.herokuapp.com/

The purpose of this Semicolon Math server is create a friendly atmosphere and environment for problem solvers. This server can be used to interact with other interested math students and discuss the contest problems AFTER the testing window closes. You do not need to be a current or previous competitor to be here. Thanks, have fun, and enjoy your stay.

Best,
mathmastersd
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