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3.14 International Day of Mathematics –
The Alibaba Global Math Competition, which is open to all, is back.
This year, the contestants had the opportunity to communicate directly with Master Zhang Yitang.
Because the organizing committee has added a new question that is open to the whole society, has no answer, and has nothing to do with the prize:
Let everyone tell their story with mathematics in a mathematical way.
The outstanding respondents of this question will be invited to participate in this summer's Xixi Mathematics Forum, where mathematicians such as Zhang Yitang are waiting for you to talk about mathematics.
What other information is there, let's take a look.
2023 Ali Math Competition, registration is open now
The 2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition will be officially launched today, and you can register through the official website of Alibaba Damo Academy.
As in previous years, the format is divided into qualifiers and finals.
The qualifiers are open to everyone, regardless of eligibility, age, just love mathematics (e.g. in previous years, secondary school students, doctors, delivery boys...). There are contestants of all status).
The competition officially starts at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, and you can answer questions online, open books, consult materials and use programming software.
The competition lasts a total of 48 hours, which ends at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 17.
PS. The organizing committee reminds: The competition is an individual competition, you need to do the questions independently, please do not communicate with others.
Topics include professional and general questions.
Among them, professional questions focus on scene and life, the main purpose of which is to stimulate the enthusiasm of the whole people for mathematics.
Designed by 33 mathematicians from universities around the world, it is rich in gradients, examines knowledge reserves, and examines mathematical potential and quality.
For example, the previous classic competition question "Master Zhang twists wide noodles".
Popular questions come from social solicitation, featuring "seemingly simple but hidden secrets", and classic questions such as "Tiger and Tiger Life" set blind box (it is said that the correct answer rate of the contestants is less than 5%).
According to the official website, since the start of the call for questions in February this year, a number of "magical questions" have been received, many of them from previous winners, who have transformed into questioners this year, and want to change the way with everyone to "pass the trick".
The open questions mentioned at the beginning can be understood as additional questions and are not counted in the total score of the competition.
The final after the qualifiers will be held in June, and according to the data of previous years, the promotion rate is about 1%, which is still very challenging~
The bonus is also as generous as last year, up to more than 4 million yuan, divided into four levels:
4 gold awards, each with 40,000 US dollars (about 274,000 yuan);
6 silver awards, each with 20,000 US dollars (about 137,000 yuan);
10 bronze awards, each with 10,000 US dollars (about 68,000 yuan);
Excellence Award for 50 people, each of whom is 5,000 US dollars (about 34,000 yuan).
Zhang Yitang: If you are interested, you can come
Master Zhang Yitang will attend the Xixi Mathematics Forum to be held after this year's competition and teach in person.
In the interview before the start of the competition, he also talked a lot about mathematics and talent.
For young people who are really interested in doing mathematical research, he sent a message:
When doing it, you must be bold, dare to do big things, dare to challenge big problems in the history of mathematics.
For example, number theory, some problems have a long history, and no one can do it for hundreds of years. But at this time, he hopes that everyone can be less: "Others are very smart and have not made it, can I make it?" ".
Because he believes that Chinese students are smart enough to have the confidence that "I am not worse than others, I can do what others can do, and I want to do better than others".
Of course, he also mentioned that in concrete practice, we must not be ambitious, and we must practice the basic skills solidly, because many things cannot be avoided in the end.
As for mathematical talent, he thinks it is important but not deliberately exaggerated.
He said that he is a person who does not react very quickly, he is not very talented, but he can focus on one thing, and the most important thing in learning is the depth of thought.
For players who do not have much mathematical talent, or are non-professionals, Zhang Yitang believes that it is important to cultivate an atmosphere, stimulate their curiosity, and let them really feel the beauty of mathematics. After all, in this process, everyone's logical thinking can be edified, and it is also good for any other work.
Finally, returning to this competition, Zhang Yitang issued a warm invitation to everyone:
Regardless of your level of mathematics, if you are interested, you can participate as this helps improve your overall thinking skills.
So, the registration link is here:
https://damo.alibaba.com/alibaba-global-mathematics-competition
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