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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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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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Please write down your goal/goals for competitions here for 2025-2026.
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[MAIN ROUND STARTS MAY 17] OMMC Year 5
DottedCaculator   55
N an hour ago by xHypotenuse
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
Test portal: https://ommc-test-portal.vercel.app/

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:
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Solo teams?

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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.

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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.

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Camp Conway/Camp Sierpinski Acceptance
fossasor   8
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(trying this again in a different thread now that it's later)

I've been accepted into Camp Conway, which is a part of National Math Camps, a organization of Math Camps that currently includes two: Camp Conway and Camp Sierpinski. Camp Conway is located at Harvey Mudd in California and happens during the first half of summer, while Camp Sierpinski is in North Carolina's research triangle and happens during the second half. Each of them has two two-week long sessions that accept 30 people (it's very focused on social connection), which means 120 people will be accepted to the program in total.

Given how much of the math community is on aops, I think there's a decent chance one of the 120 people might see this thread. So - has anyone here been accepted into Camp Conway or Camp Sierpinski? If so, which session are you going during, and what are you looking forward to?

I'll be attending during the second session of Conway in the first few weeks of July - I'm looking forward to the Topics Classes as a lot of them sound pretty fun.
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Find solution of IVP
neerajbhauryal   2
N 6 hours ago by Mathzeus1024
Show that the initial value problem \[y''+by'+cy=g(t)\] with $y(t_o)=0=y'(t_o)$, where $b,c$ are constants has the form \[y(t)=\int^{t}_{t_0}K(t-s)g(s)ds\,\]

What I did
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HCSSiM results
SurvivingInEnglish   74
N Today at 1:20 PM by smiley
Anyone already got results for HCSSiM? Are there any point in sending additional work if I applied on March 19?
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fourier series?
keroro902   2
N Today at 12:54 PM by Mathzeus1024
f(x)=$\sum _{n=0}^{\infty } \text{cos}(nx)/2^{n}$
f(x) = ?
thanks
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May 14, 2010
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integrals
FFA21   1
N Today at 11:53 AM by alexheinis
Source: OSSM Comp'25 P1 (HSE IMC qualification)
Find all continuous functions $f:[1,8]\to R$ that:
$\int_1^2f(t^3)^2dt+2\int_1^2sin(t)f(t^3)dt=\frac{2}{3}\int_1^8f(t)dt-\int_1^2(t^2-sin(t))^2dt$
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Sets on which a continuous function exists
Creativename27   1
N Today at 10:49 AM by alexheinis
Source: My head
Find all $X\subseteq R$ that exist function $f:R\to R$ such $f$ continuous on $X$ and discontinuous on $R/X$
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Creativename27
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alexheinis
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Square on Cf
GreekIdiot   1
N Today at 9:04 AM by alexheinis
Let $f$ be a continuous function defined on $[0,1]$ with $f(0)=f(1)=0$ and $f(t)>0 \: \forall \: t \in (0,1)$. We define the point $X'$ to be the projection of point $X$ on the x-axis. Prove that there exist points $A, B \in C_f$ such that $ABB'A'$ is a square.
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GreekIdiot
May 12, 2025
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Japanese Olympiad
parkjungmin   6
N Today at 5:01 AM by mathNcheese_aops
It's about the Japanese Olympiad

I can't solve it no matter how much I think about it.

If there are people who are good at math

Please help me.
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May 10, 2025
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sum of trace matrices
FFA21   1
N Yesterday at 8:50 PM by Etkan
Source: OSSM Comp'25 P4 (HSE IMC qualification)
$G$ is a finite group of $n \times n$ matrices with respect to multiplication. Prove that:
if $\sum_{M\in G}tr(M)=0$ that $\sum_{M\in G}M=0_{n\times n}$
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FFA21
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lines intersecting motions of an ellipse
FFA21   0
Yesterday at 8:33 PM
Source: OSSM Comp'25 P5 (HSE IMC qualification)
Let $E$ be an infinite set of translated copies (i.e., obtained by parallel translation) of a given ellipse $e$ in the plane, and let $r$ be a fixed straight line. It is known that every straight line parallel to $r$ intersects at least one ellipse from $E$. Prove that there exist infinitely many triples of ellipses from $E$ such that there exists a straight line intersecting all three ellipses in the triple.
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Yesterday at 8:33 PM
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fibonacci number theory
FFA21   0
Yesterday at 8:21 PM
Source: OSSM Comp'25 P3 (HSE IMC qualification)
$F_n$ fibonacci numbers ($F_1=1, F_2=1$) find all n such that:
$\forall i\in Z$ and $0\leq i\leq F_n$
$C^i_{F_n}\equiv (-1)^i\pmod{F_n+1}$
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FFA21
Yesterday at 8:21 PM
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strong polinom
FFA21   0
Yesterday at 8:13 PM
Source: OSSM Comp'25 P2 (HSE IMC qualification)
A polynomial will be called 'strong' if it can be represented as a product of two non-constant polynomials with real non-negative coefficients.
Prove that:
$\exists n$ that $p(x^n)$ 'strong' and $deg(p)>1$ $\implies$ $p(x)$ 'strong'
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MathCamp Decisions 2025
hellohannah   55
N Apr 18, 2025 by ninjaforce
Post relevant details if you want, also timestamp of email if you want
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#42 h  Apr 17, 2025, 11:40 PM
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plang2008 wrote:
mineric wrote:
Whats the chance that waitlist gets in :sob:
i'm not sure how long the waitlist is but i would guess not very long because i've barely seen any waitlists
last year 72/77 people went so ig 5 people got off the waitlist
so don't expect to get off (especially since mop doesn't conflict with mcsp) but congrats and good luck!

:noo: (im cooked)
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#43 h  Apr 17, 2025, 11:54 PM
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it says i got accepted in the system however I have not received an email (first time applicant in 11th)

i solved only 4/6 (1,2,3,5) and my only comp experience is horrendously failing the AIME this year so I think the essays carried [but i had some really "unique" experiences to write about, idt i will say it here tho]
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#44 h  Apr 17, 2025, 11:56 PM
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freshestcheese wrote:
it says i got accepted in the system however I have not received an email (first time applicant in 11th)

i solved only 4/6 (1,2,3,5) and I horrendously failed the AIME so I think the essays carried [but i had some really "unique" experiences to write about, idt i will say it here tho]

Congrats! I suppose it is time to get some "unique" experiences too
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#45 h  Apr 17, 2025, 11:57 PM
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Alex-131 wrote:
freshestcheese wrote:
it says i got accepted in the system however I have not received an email (first time applicant in 11th)

i solved only 4/6 (1,2,3,5) and I horrendously failed the AIME so I think the essays carried [but i had some really "unique" experiences to write about, idt i will say it here tho]

Congrats! I suppose it is time to get some "unique" experiences too

lmao thanks but nah bro you do not want to do that my high school career is beyond normal
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#46 h  Apr 18, 2025, 12:16 AM
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i also took calc in 8th grade

What? Do you mean that you got a calc in 8th grade?
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#47 h  Apr 18, 2025, 12:30 AM • 1 Y
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no i think they mean that they took calculus in 8th

which isn't like totally unfeasible, you can self-study it if you are good enough
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#48 h  Apr 18, 2025, 12:30 AM • 1 Y
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But... calc is slang for calculator
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#49 h  Apr 18, 2025, 12:31 AM • 1 Y
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is it? I've seen it used more commonly to refer to calculus

nonetheless in this case it stands for calculus
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#50 h  Apr 18, 2025, 1:48 AM
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Still didn't receive the email, only website showed acceptance
2nd time application, 8th grade, JMO last year, AMO this year
solved all problems and sillied 5b
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#51 h  Apr 18, 2025, 2:11 AM • 8 Y
Y by Alex-131, Danielzh, RollingPanda4616, hsuya1, Ilikeminecraft, aidan0626, ninjaforce, cappucher
I worked many hours on my application, hoping I would get in, but I slacked off halfway through. I always wanted to come to Mathcamp after attending MathPath the previous summer, but you apply to a summer camp with a 7% acceptance rate of very talented individuals, things won't go your way more often than not.

I don't regret my application and I certainly don't think they should reconsider any application unless something crazy happened (like someone was confirmed to cheat). After looking at the page in the morning and seeing the words "not accepted" bolded at the top, i didn't really feel anything. Just "emptiness" or "nothing." The rest of the day was painful, and I kept thinking the fact that the decision letter was copypasted was a personal attack (it isn't).

Once I got home from school, that "emptiness" transitioned into a whole slew of negative emotions. I trudged through an Evan Chen handout about Functional Equations, telling myself "I'm going to lock in this year." I checked my grades for the biology test I took first period in the morning and was surprised that i didn't bomb it and got a 95.5% somehow, despite my nonexistent emotional stability and self-control.

I wrote in my About Me that competitions and applications can make people feel inadequate. But I've never experienced it as firsthand as this—being rejected from a camp that I spent hundreds of hours working on an application for. I will almost certainly apply next year, and am not sure what will happen next year. I would like to tell myself that I'm going to lock in and make it next year, but in all honesty I have no idea where I'll be one year from now.

I've never been the top player at any competitions or math in general. I'm only a kid who likes solving math problems. I will always find joy in solving problems, like I did seeing my first AMC 8 test, but Mathcamp 2025 will not be part of my life story, but the scars from its application will be.

This is all cope, just needed a place to put my sadness. If you disagree, please spare the hate and just don't comment, I know what this community is like.
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#52 h  Apr 18, 2025, 3:19 AM
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lovematch13 wrote:
I worked many hours on my application, hoping I would get in, but I slacked off halfway through. I always wanted to come to Mathcamp after attending MathPath the previous summer, but you apply to a summer camp with a 7% acceptance rate of very talented individuals, things won't go your way more often than not.

I don't regret my application and I certainly don't think they should reconsider any application unless something crazy happened (like someone was confirmed to cheat). After looking at the page in the morning and seeing the words "not accepted" bolded at the top, i didn't really feel anything. Just "emptiness" or "nothing." The rest of the day was painful, and I kept thinking the fact that the decision letter was copypasted was a personal attack (it isn't).

Once I got home from school, that "emptiness" transitioned into a whole slew of negative emotions. I trudged through an Evan Chen handout about Functional Equations, telling myself "I'm going to lock in this year." I checked my grades for the biology test I took first period in the morning and was surprised that i didn't bomb it and got a 95.5% somehow, despite my nonexistent emotional stability and self-control.

I wrote in my About Me that competitions and applications can make people feel inadequate. But I've never experienced it as firsthand as this—being rejected from a camp that I spent hundreds of hours working on an application for. I will almost certainly apply next year, and am not sure what will happen next year. I would like to tell myself that I'm going to lock in and make it next year, but in all honesty I have no idea where I'll be one year from now.

I've never been the top player at any competitions or math in general. I'm only a kid who likes solving math problems. I will always find joy in solving problems, like I did seeing my first AMC 8 test, but Mathcamp 2025 will not be part of my life story, but the scars from its application will be.

This is all cope, just needed a place to put my sadness. If you disagree, please spare the hate and just don't comment, I know what this community is like.

its ok bro we're here for you, there is many years for you to come, just keep pushing and a great opportunity will present itself to you eventually
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#53 h  Apr 18, 2025, 3:36 AM
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hellohannah wrote:
waitlisted :(

app:
almost full solve (except 2 vs 3 on 6c and the bonus on 2)
solid essay i think? not really sure

stats:
9th grade
2x jmo
1x red mop
solid resume for higher math? taken a bunch of "college level classes" for whatever that means at my school
AP calc 5 in 7th grade

This is likely a top 3 profile (in competition math) among 9th graders in the US. The camp admission officers waitlisted you probably because they thought you are going to MOP again this year. It does not mean that you are not as strong as the other applicants.
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#54 h  Apr 18, 2025, 4:08 AM
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profhong wrote:
hellohannah wrote:
waitlisted :(

app:
almost full solve (except 2 vs 3 on 6c and the bonus on 2)
solid essay i think? not really sure

stats:
9th grade
2x jmo
1x red mop
solid resume for higher math? taken a bunch of "college level classes" for whatever that means at my school
AP calc 5 in 7th grade

This is likely a top 3 profile (in competition math) among 9th graders in the US. The camp admission officers waitlisted you probably because they thought you are going to MOP again this year. It does not mean that you are not as strong as the other applicants.

You can attend both MOP and MCSP in the same summer—they do not conflict.
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#55 h  Apr 18, 2025, 4:17 AM
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ninjaforce wrote:
profhong wrote:
hellohannah wrote:
waitlisted :(

app:
almost full solve (except 2 vs 3 on 6c and the bonus on 2)
solid essay i think? not really sure

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9th grade
2x jmo
1x red mop
solid resume for higher math? taken a bunch of "college level classes" for whatever that means at my school
AP calc 5 in 7th grade

This is likely a top 3 profile (in competition math) among 9th graders in the US. The camp admission officers waitlisted you probably because they thought you are going to MOP again this year. It does not mean that you are not as strong as the other applicants.

You can attend both MOP and MCSP in the same summer—they do not conflict.

i think its because if youve already mopped then the curriculum wouldnt be good for you
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#56 h  Apr 18, 2025, 4:19 AM • 2 Y
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MathPerson12321 wrote:
i think its because if youve already mopped then the curriculum wouldnt be good for you

MOP and MCSP focus on different things, and there is always a plethora of MOPpers who attend.
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