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Olympiad-Style Maths: What You Can Gain, and My Experience

A video on Maths Olympiads, and why I think it's important physical/mathematical/computational STEM kids might find value in getting some exposure to them. My talking points: Intro: the majority don't score above e.g. 33%, at least in the BMO1 (series I did); the distribution is very unlike mainstream maths exams olympiads are hard, but it's also really, really valuable to know what they're like Part I: I'm gonna talk about what maths olympiads are like, and why they are important (brief) the registration/qualifying process and the feeling of sitting down to take the olympiad the marking criteria, the question and answer style Part II: Why is it important to expose yourself to them? broadens your horizons on what is possible with the simple tools you have already learnt to "use like a monkey" in school window into what mathematical education could be if the focus was on generalised logical problem-solving ability/independent thinking more like what real mathematicians do Part III: Conclusions for getting better at maths, physics, computer science and related subjects going through the creative frustration of trying to build chains of logic like the answers to these questions, while being extremely conservative about when you go to the last resort of looking at someone else's answer, often is the most valuable experience you can have in these subjects don't go to the mark scheme for days - it can take that long for your head to work through it and most importantly, don't feel bad for feeling frustrated or feeling like you are stupid while you're doing maths or science - it means the practice you're doing is valuable; I often feel stupid and frustrated when working through maths as well References: (A lot of what I said was inspired by/made easier to phrase by this article, and I regret not having the sense to mention it earlier in the recording before I talked points I gained from it) Lockhart, Paul. "A Mathematician's Lament". https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/mne.... Accessed 14 Jun 2021. (this is a really good essay and I encourage everyone to read it!) Subscriber Count: 289 Leave a comment or e-mail me (see About page) if you have anything to say! :)