Purple Comet Competition

by rrusczyk, Mar 30, 2007, 10:01 PM

Last summer when I visited AwesomeMath for a couple days, I shared an apartment with Jonathan Kane (Daniel Kane's father). He told me about a contest he and Titu run called the Purple Comet Math Meet. The contest is wholly online, and I believe it is free. It's open to middle schools and high schools, and you can find more information here. This year's contest starts Monday, April 16. That's about all I know about it; if you want more information, you can get it from their website.

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It looks like good AIME practice.

However, Mandelbrot problems hold a special place in my heart. I *strongly* recommend anyone who wishes to train for the AIME get both Mandelbrot books; they are cheap, contain excellent problems, and provide proof writing exercises.

The Purple Comet problems are only hard for about the last 5; which is a shame. They are also very ARML-ish and follow strongly in the tradition of AoPS2 and American problem solving in general, maybe a bit too much...

by PenguinIntegral, Mar 30, 2007, 10:40 PM

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I told my math teacher about the competition, and it turned out that enough students were interested that we can have three teams participate. :jump:

by roadnottaken, Apr 16, 2007, 12:50 AM

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My school stacked the top team (but not the others), and we ended up doing fairly well (I think we got around a fifteen). For the next few days after the contest, I decided to see how many problems I could solve, and got about 20 (with unlimited time :roll: ). Overall, I think it was a fun and worthwhile contest.

Does anyone ever check a few articles down in blogs for replies? :maybe:

by roadnottaken, Apr 23, 2007, 12:52 AM

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