CrowdMath is an open project that gives all high school and college students the opportunity to collaborate on a large research project with top-tier research mentors and an exceptional peer group. MIT PRIMES and Art of Problem Solving are working together to create a place for students to experience research mathematics and discover ideas that did not exist before.
Polymath projects are massively collaborative mathematical research programs in which a single problem, group of problems, or other mathematical task is worked on by a large group of mathematicians. Inspired by the polymath projects hosted at The Polymath Blog (http://polymathprojects.org/), the CrowdMath project is intended for high school and college students with advanced mathematical background.
If this polymath project leads to publishable results, a paper will be written collaboratively under the pseudonym P.A. CrowdMath. If the results are not sufficiently conclusive to warrant a formal publication, a writeup might be submitted to arXiv.org.
Anything contributed to the polymath project is due to P.A. CrowdMath, and no individual may use a contribution to the polymath project as their own result, even if they contributed it.
Location(s)
- Remote
Schedule
- Year-Round
Cost/Compensation
- Free
Eligibility Requirements
- All high school and college students (as of 1/1/16) with very advanced mathematical background around the world, registered at the AoPS website, are eligible.
- Younger students are also welcome to participate, but this is reasonable only in rare cases when they have extremely advanced mathematical background with respect to their grade.
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Application or Entry Requirements
- Please create a free account to participate in this program.
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Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is an educational company that specializes in mathematics and problem-solving courses and materials. Founded in 1993 and based in San Diego, California, AoPS was originally created as a math summer program for talented middle and high school students. The program has since expanded to include online courses, books, and other resources for math students of all ages. The company's curriculum is designed to challenge students to think critically and deeply about math concepts and to develop their problem-solving and creative-thinking skills. In addition to its math courses and materials, AoPS has also developed resources for other subjects, including computer programming and physics.
