AoPS Wiki:Words of the Week
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The AoPSWiki Words of the Week are the "featured" words on AoPSWiki for the week. Typically, every week one mathematical term and one "other" topic (a contest, a summer camp, a problem-solving strategy, etc.) will be selected.
All AoPSWiki users are particularly encouraged to edit the pages for the Words of the Week as a collaborative effort.
Contents
[hide]Words of the Week
AoPSWiki Words of the Week
(October 31 - November 6)
- January 3-10
- WotW was on vacation December 20th through January 2nd.
- December 13-19
- Diophantine equation (diff: [1])
- William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (diff: [2])
- December 6-December 12
- Fibonacci sequence (diff: [3])
- Siemens Competition (diff: [4])
- November 29-December 5
- Logarithm (diff: [5])
- Canada/USA MathCamp (diff: [6])
- November 22-28
- Concurrence (diff: [7])
- Intel Science Talent Search (diff: [8])
- November 15-21
- Generating function (diff: [9])
- American Regions Mathematics League (diff: [10])
- November 8-14
- Asymptote (Geometry) (diff: [11])
- AMC historical results (diff: [12])
- November 1-7
- Combinations (diff: [13])
- Mathematics scholarships (diff: [14])
- October 25-31
- Congruent (geometry) (diff: [15])
- Discrete math (diff: [16])
- October 18-24
- Trapezoid (diff: [17])
- Mandelbrot Competition (diff: [18])
- October 11-17
- Unit circle (diff: [19])
- Proof writing (diff: [20])
- October 4-10
- Law of Cosines (diff: [21])
- USAMTS (diff: [22])
- September 27-October 3
- Probability (diff: [23])
- USACO (diff: [24])
- September 20-26
- Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament (diff: [25])
- Convex polygon (diff: [26])
- September 13-19
- MathPath (diff: [27])
- Proportion (diff: [28])
- September 6-12
Editing tips
For mathematical topics
- Don't just define! Give examples. If the topic is related to problem solving, it is also good to provide examples of actual problems that utilize that technique.
- Have lots of links to other related topics. Have links to other wiki pages that talk about terms that you use. Edit those other pages too!
- Images are often very useful, especially in fields like geometry. See A:IMG for image related syntax. Or alternatively you can use Asymptote to draw geometry diagrams.
For other topics
- For contests: describe
- how the contest works
- who runs it
- a bit about its history
- what types of students can/should participate
- any prizes
- other related contests
- a link to the contest's website
- For summer camps:
- Nuts and bolts: where, how long, how much
- Compare to other summer camps
- Try to be objective. The forum is a place to give your opinions. The wiki is a place to give facts.
See also
- AoPSWiki Tutorial
- Wikipedia cheatsheet (has basic wiki syntax)