MIT PRIMES/Art of Problem Solving
CROWDMATH 2020: Metric Dimension
CrowdMath
CrowdMath is an open project that gives all high school and college students the opportunity to collaborate on a large research project with top-tier research mentors and an exceptional peer group. MIT PRIMES and Art of Problem Solving are working together to create a place for students to experience research mathematics and discover ideas that did not exist before.
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Preamble
Polymath projects are massively collaborative mathematical research programs in which a single problem, group of problems, or other mathematical task is worked on by a large group of mathematicians. Inspired by the polymath projects hosted at The Polymath Blog (http://polymathprojects.org/), the CrowdMath project is intended for high school and college students with advanced mathematical background. Read more about this project here.
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Dissemination of results
If this polymath project leads to publishable results, a paper will be written collaboratively under the pseudonym P.A. CrowdMath. If the results are not sufficiently conclusive to warrant a formal publication, a writeup might be submitted to arXiv.org.
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Intellectual property
Anything contributed to the polymath project is due to P.A. CrowdMath, and no individual may use a contribution to the polymath project as their own result, even if they contributed it.
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Rules for commenting
- Be polite and constructive.
- Make your comments as easy to understand as possible.
- It's OK for a mathematical thought to be tentative, incomplete, or even incorrect.
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Eligibility for participation
CrowdMath is targeted toward high school and college students around the world with very advanced mathematical backgrounds. Anyone not currently pursuing or holding a Ph.D. in mathematics, registered at the AoPS website, is eligible. Students younger than high school age are welcome to participate, but this is reasonable only in rare cases when they have extremely advanced mathematical background with respect to their grade.
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Eligibility for mentorship
AoPS users above college age are welcome to help mentor the project by posting ideas and comments, but agree not to post solutions to the problems. Mentors must register and receive approval of the Project Coordinator before participating in CrowdMath. To become a mentor, please contact us at crowdmath@aops.com.