{"id":135333,"date":"2021-10-11T13:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=135333"},"modified":"2021-10-11T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T20:05:19","slug":"young-olympians-overcome-epidemic-and-shine-in-the-37th-soifer-mathematical-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=135333","title":{"rendered":"Young Olympians shine in the 37th Soifer Mathematical Olympiad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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37th Soifer Mathematical Olympiad first-prize winners Ellie Greyson and Anthony Wang, pictured with Alexander Soifer, Professor of Mathematics and Art & Film, and Lynn Vidler, Dean of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at UCCS.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On Oct. 1, 2021, middle and high school Olympians came to UCCS from all over Colorado: Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, Douglas County, Greenwood Village, Jefferson County, Steamboat Springs and Windsor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Olympians were offered five problems and given four hours to solve them and present complete essay-type solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Olympiad in action.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First prize <\/strong>was awarded by the Jury of the Olympiad to Ellie Greyson, junior, Cherry Creek High School; Anthony Wang, junior, Rock Canyon High School; and Shruti Arun, 8th grader, Campus Middle School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each student will receive an Olympiad Gold Medal, a $500 scholarship to be used at any certified American university, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor\u2019s Scholarship for Olympiad\u2019s Medalists who enroll in UCCS as new first-years, five books by Alexander Soifer including “The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators,” “Mathematics as Problem Solving,” “How Does One Cut a Triangle?,” “Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics” and “Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First 10 years and Further Explorations,” as well as a graphing calculator, and a one-year download of the Wolfram Research software Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition that combines the best of both Wolfram|Alpha and Mathematica into a single, unified tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second prize <\/strong>was awarded to Srinivas Arun, sophomore, Cherry Creek High School; and Nathan Jensen, junior, Pine Creek High School. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of them will receive an Olympiad Silver Medal, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor\u2019s Scholarship for Olympiad\u2019s Medalists who enroll in UCCS as new first-years, a fine Springer book, four books by Alexander Soifer including “Mathematics as Problem Solving,” “How Does One Cut a Triangle?,” “Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics” and “Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First 10 years and Further Explorations,” as well as a graphing calculator, and a one-year download of the Wolfram Research software Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third prize <\/strong>was awarded to Emily Zhang, sophomore, Cherry Creek High School and Jack Younger, sophomore, Colorado Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of them will receive an Olympiad Bronze Medal, a $2,000 UCCS Chancellor\u2019s Scholarship for Olympiad\u2019s Medalists who enroll in UCCS as new first-years, a fine Springer book, four books by Alexander Soifer including “Mathematics as Problem Solving,” “How Does One Cut a Triangle?,” “Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics” and “Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First 10 years and Further Explorations,” as well as a graphing calculator, and 1 year download of the Wolfram Research software Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Honorable Mentions <\/strong>were awarded to the following 10 Olympians: <\/p>\n\n\n\n