Edison Chen
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I dont know why every one says Americans are bad at math. I think American students who concentrate are in top level and the rest dont care about education. Like in Asia education is not every thing for most Americans.Culture has a lot to do with math. Many American students are bad at math because it is "not cool" somehow. Also the way it is taught might discourage students from studying math because they think it is boring.
SAT, GMAT and GRE's maths are easy comapre to math Olympiad's questions.As I said, winning an IMO medal is much more difficult than attaining perfect SAT scores.
Hi Wagner, are you a mathematician? You seem quite in tune with the math culture.
There is talent every where in the world. Be it Africa EU America, Latin or South Asia. Math and Talent are not a patent for a particular genes or country. It requires efforts and organized system to unearth talent and train them. Or it should be heavily publicized and known and matter to the common public to generate interest.
GRE GMAT is a joke for Mathematics. Every average Indian student can get a perfect score in math in those exams.SAT, GMAT and GRE's maths are easy comapre to math Olympiad's questions.
You realize more Indians make it to Harvard and Mit that any other country in the world expect China.
I saw the article. There is a list for IMO participants have gone on to become notable mathematicians. There is not even a single Chinese participant. Any reason..?No, but I find math culture fascinating after watching the BBC documentary Beautiful Young Minds.
This is true to some extent. If you look at the Wiki article "List of International Mathematical Olympiad participants" you'll find notable contestants from all areas of the world except Africa. The second youngest Gold Medalist after Terence Tao was a Peruvian kid. Makes you wonder even more why India is such a non-entity at the competition.
GRE GMAT is a joke for Mathematics. Every average Indian student can get a perfect score in math in those exams.
I saw the article. There is a list for IMO participants have gone on to become notable mathematicians. There is not even a single Chinese participant. Any reason..?
You realize that China and India have some 2.5 billion of people out of 7 billion in total that live on this planet? There are 10 cities in China with a larger population than Serbia, and many other European countries. Comparing China and India with some small countries like Serbia is pointeles. We have some 3-5000 engineering graduates per year compared with how many form India and China?
Edison, are these probs from this yr's math olympiad?
You realize that China and India have some 2.5 billion of people out of 7 billion in total that live on this planet? There are 10 cities in China with a larger population than Serbia, and many other European countries. Comparing China and India with some small countries like Serbia is pointeles. We have some 3-5000 engineering graduates per year compared with how many form India and China?
I saw the article. There is a list for IMO participants have gone on to become notable mathematicians. There is not even a single Chinese participant. Any reason..?
Dude I scored perfect in GRE very easily and I am only an average Indian student. I didnt even pass in distinction in my undergrad.I agree, the math in the general GRE test is very simple.
Try the math subject GRE. GRE Subject Tests: Mathematics
Definitely not as hard as math Olympiad but if you could score perfect on that test, then you likely know everything about undergraduate math for a math major.
I believe China did not start participating until 1982. They were quite politically isolated (no Olympics, UN, ect).