International Mathematics Competition for University Students

The International Mathematics Competition for University Students (IMC) is an annual mathematics competition open to all undergraduate students of mathematics.[1] Participating students are expected to be at most twenty three years of age at the time of the IMC. The IMC is primarily a competition for individuals, although most participating universities select and send one or more teams of students. The working language is English.

The IMC is a residential competition and all student participants are required to stay in the accommodation provided by the organisers. It aims to provide a friendly, comfortable and secure environment for university mathematics students to enjoy mathematics with their peers from all around the world, to broaden their world perspective and to be inspired to set mathematical goals for themselves that might not have been previously imaginable or thought possible. Most notably, in 2018 a mathematician who participated in the 7th IMC [2] held at University College London in 2000 received mathematics' most prestigious award, the Fields Medal.[3][4] Students from over 200 universities from over 50 countries have participated over the first twenty six competitions. At the 26th IMC in 2018 participants were awarded Individual Result Prizes, Team Result Prizes, Fair Play Prizes and Most Efficient Team Leader Prizes.[5]

University College London[6] has been involved in the organisation of the IMC and Professor John E. Jayne[7] has served as the President from the beginning in 1994. The IMC runs over five or six days during which the competitors sit two five-hour examinations, each with five questions (six until 2008) chosen by a panel and representatives from the participating universities. Problems are from the fields of Algebra, Analysis (Real and Complex), Combinatorics and Geometry.[8]

The IMC began in 1994 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with 49 participants, mostly from Bulgaria, and was hosted by Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski". The 2nd, 3rd and 4th IMC were also hosted by Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" in Plovdiv. From 1996 to 1999 the IMC was one of the activities of the Structural Joint European Union TEMPUS Project #S_JEP-11087-96, entitled "Modular Education in Mathematics and Informatics",[9] which was the flag ship European Union TEMPUS Project[10] in Bulgaria at the time, aimed at bringing Bulgaria's university mathematics and computing degree programs into line with those in the European Union in preparation for Bulgaria's entry into the European Union. University College London was the Contractor for this European Union TEMPUS Project and Professor Jayne was the Coordinator of the Project. In 1998 the 5th IMC was moved to Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, and was hosted by both the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad and the American University in Bulgaria. The 5th IMC had 80 participants from 9 countries.[11]

The 6th IMC was hosted by Eötvös Loránd University and held on Lake Balaton in Keszthely, Hungary, the 7th IMC was hosted by University College London in London, the 8th IMC was hosted by Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, the 9th IMC was hosted by the University of Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, the 10th IMC was hosted by Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, the 11th IMC was hosted by Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia, the 12th IMC was hosted by American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad, the 13th IMC was hosted by Odessa University in Odessa, Ukraine, the 14th IMC and 15th IMC were again hosted by the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad, and the 16th IMC was hosted by the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. In 2009 the 16th IMC had 347 student participants and 65 teams. Since 2010 the IMC has been hosted by the American University in Bulgaria, in Blagoevgrad, with assistance from the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad.[12] The 26th IMC had 360 student participants and 77 teams.[13]

Summary
Number
 Year
 City
 Country
 Date
1stIMC 1994Plovdiv Bulgaria28 July–2 August
2ndIMC 1995Plovdiv Bulgaria2–7 August
3rdIMC 1996Plovdiv Bulgaria31 July–5 August
4thIMC 1997Plovdiv Bulgaria30 July–4 August
5thIMC 1998Blagoevgrad Bulgaria29 July–3 August
6thIMC 1999Keszthely Hungary29 July–2 August
7thIMC 2000London England26–31 July
8thIMC 2001Prague Czech Republic19–25 July
9thIMC 2002Warsaw Poland19–25 July
10thIMC 2003Cluj-Napoca Romania25–31 July
11thIMC 2004Skopje North Macedonia23–29 July
12thIMC 2005Blagoevgrad Bulgaria22–28 July
13thIMC 2006Odessa Ukraine20–26 July
14thIMC 2007Blagoevgrad Bulgaria3–9 August
15thIMC 2008Blagoevgrad Bulgaria25–31 July
16thIMC 2009Budapest Hungary25–30 July
17thIMC 2010Blagoevgrad Bulgaria24–30 July
18thIMC 2011Blagoevgrad Bulgaria28 July–3 August
19thIMC 2012Blagoevgrad Bulgaria26 July–1 August
20thIMC 2013Blagoevgrad Bulgaria6–12 August
21stIMC 2014Blagoevgrad Bulgaria29 July–4 August
22ndIMC 2015Blagoevgrad Bulgaria27 July–2 August
23rdIMC 2016Blagoevgrad Bulgaria25–31 July
24thIMC 2017Blagoevgrad Bulgaria31 July–6 August
25thIMC 2018Blagoevgrad Bulgaria22–28 July
26thIMC 2019Blagoevgrad Bulgaria28 July–3 August
27thIMC 2020ON-LINEON-LINE25–30 July

See also

List of mathematics competitions

References
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  9. "Structural Joint European Project #S_JEP-11087-96". ucl.ac.uk. 9 January 1996. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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