Korea wins Math Olympiad

[Korean]

Korean team wins Math Olympiad

Korean team wins Math Olympiad

2012-07-16 19:48 Text

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A Korean high-school team won six gold medals at this year’s Math Olympiad to help Korea finish at the top of the annual competition.

This is the first time Korea has finished first in the Olympiad, and also the first time to have won six gold medals.

The 53rd International Math Olympiad, which was held in Argentina from July 4-16, drew more than 500 students from 100 countries across the world. Korea sent a six-member team led by Song Yong-jin, a professor at Inha University.

 

[ChinaToday]

The overal ranking is

1 China
2 russia
3 usa

International Mathematical Olympiad

 

[dott]

first of all olympiads have no importance, these students can take their medals, no one gives a damm in the world. they will not get u into any top uni.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

first of all olympiads have no importance, these students can take their medals, no one gives a damm in the world. they will get u into any top uni.

Try winning one .

 

[KRAIT]

China rules the Math Olympiads....they can calculate faster with abacus than you can do with a calculator.

Try to accept the truth. No country can progress without good Mathematicians.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

India finished 11th, good level of improvement compared to last year where the rank was 23rd.

◄ 53rd IMO 2012 ►

Impressed with North Korea though finished 12th.

Try to accept the truth. No country can progress without good Mathematicians.

Completely Agree. No science without Math.

Also Congrats to

Thailand, Vietnam and Iran

 

[ChinaToday]

first of all olympiads have no importance, these students can take their medals, no one gives a damm in the world. they will get u into any top uni.

Sour grapes? , let put it this way if you and those medals students went for a job interview you can bet your *** you wont stand a chance with them

 

[KRAIT]

Ahhh....thread derailed before it started to get interesting about discussion on Mathematics, especially Applied Mathematics....

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Sour grapes? , let put it this way if you and those medals students went for a job interview you can bet your *** you wont stand a chance with them

That"ll depend on the job you"ve applied.

These winners have good future as Research Assistants in large MNC.

 

[dott]

Try winning one .

what do these olympiads tell u???
korea, an economically highly developed country with some of the best education system in the world and 100% literacy rate, tops the result. but the country in its entire history has never produced a single nobel prize winner.

on the other hand european countries come 40-50 in these olympids behind india, china and iran and asians. but they discover the god particle an fire worlds largest lasers. asians due to their hardworkd will win these olympiads will will always depend on westerners when it comes for scientific discovery.

 

[northeast]

South korean also got a higher point than china in PISA.I guess the education system of our rural area need to be improved.

 

[dott]

Sour grapes? , let put it this way if you and those medals students went for a job interview you can bet your *** you wont stand a chance with them

dude i am in engineering un waterloo uni in canada and have interviews every other term. in interviews they look for what u have done that was creative enough to attract people. for example a student who made a game that hit # 1 in apple market wil be head hunted by companies, they dont give a phuck whether u have a medal or not. innovation and creativity is what is imp in corporate world not these medals which only tell how many hrs u spent on maths, chem or phy.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

on the other hand european countries come 40-50 in these olympids behind india, china and iran and asians. but they discover the god particle an fire worlds largest lasers. asians due to their hardworkd will win these olympiads will will always depend on westerners when it comes for scientific discovery.

This probably depends upon Govt backing , for instance Larger part of Korean R & D comes from their private sector. Not sure if their Govt is interested in undertaking upon discovering the God particle or testing powerful lasers.

 

[dott]

China rules the Math Olympiads....they can calculate faster with abacus than you can do with a calculator.

Try to accept the truth. No country can progress without good Mathematicians.

tell me some famous chinese mathematicians ??? korea is also always in top 4 in maths competition. pls tell me one famous koream mathematician that u know??

This probably depends upon Govt backing , for instance Larger part of Korean R & D comes from their private sector. Not sure if their Govt is interested in undertaking upon discovering the God particle or testing powerful lasers.

loll its not all about govt backing.

 

[Surenas]

Iran finished 8th I see. Great job.