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In memory of the Trust’s inaugural Chair and former UC Vice Chancellor Don Aitkin
Don Aitkin, an academic and writer who led a transformation at the University of Canberra and contributed to organisations including the Australian Maths Trust, has passed away at the age of 84. Donald Alexander Aitkin, born in 1937, became a professor of politics at Macquarie University in 1971 after completing a PhD at the Australian
Australian team achieves gold medal sweep, Australia ranks third in the 2022 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad
Four Australian high school students have competed in the 2022 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO), the premier international mathematics competition for young women. The Australian team placed third overall, with each contestant achieving a gold medal for their efforts. Gold medals were only awarded to those who scored 29 or more. Of 222 contestants, only 23
Australian team announced for 2022 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad
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From 6–12 April 2022, four Australian high school students will be competing in the 2022 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO), an international mathematics competition for young women. This is the fifth year that Australia will be represented. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs5ZcpyqxgE The Australian EGMO team was announced in a virtual announcement on Sunday, 20 February 2022. The four
Australia places 12th in the 2021 EGMO (and wins the Khinkali Challenge!)
— 26 April 2021
The problems of this year’s EGMO contest proved to be the most challenging since Australia first participated in 2018. It turns out, however, that we only have ourselves to blame as the first problem on both the day 1 and day 2 papers were proposed by Australia! As challenging as the problems were, every team
EGMO 2021 – the contest begins from down under
— 12 April 2021
It’s been over a year since the Australian contingent has seen each other face-to-face and it’s been a tough and somewhat isolated year of training online. While we have been quite protected from the coronavirus on this island of ours down under, we have not been spared snap lockdowns and border closures between our states.
Three-time maths Olympian William Steinberg on the 2020 IMO
— 15 October 2020
Hi my name is Will and I represented Australia as AUS 4 in the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad which was, for the first time ever, held remotely from St. Petersburg, Russia. I’ll be telling you a bit about the Australian team’s experience at the IMO this year. Before the commencement of the IMO competition days,
Double Olympian Tunan Shi on the 2020 IOI
— 28 September 2020
Remember last year, how Joshua, the team leader for 2019, forced me to write the first IOI blog post and then claimed that I wanted to write it? Well, this year, I was *persuaded* to do it. There is a very big distinction to make here. Once again, we see a prime example of how
Australia ranks equal 12th taking home Gold, Silver, and Bronze at this years’ EGMO
— 23 April 2020
Over a nail-biting 40 hours, the scoreboard for EGMO 2020 was populated with scores from this year’s 52 participating countries. It was certainly fun sitting at the top of the leaderboard for such a long time while all of Europe slept. In the end, it was only in the final hour that medal cut-offs could
