The Syrian Scientific Olympiad team for Mathematics participates in the world Cyberspace Mathematical Competition
The Syrian Scientific Olympiad team for mathematics is participating in the first international Cyberspace Mathematics Competition “CMC” which is being held via the internet on Monday and Tuesday by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
The Excellence and Creativity Authority said in a statement, which SANA received a copy of on Monday that students from more than 60 countries from all over the world are participating in the competition which includes two rounds of five continuous hours during which students solve high-level issues in algebra and geometry that are similar to the issues of the World Olympics competitions.
The Syrian team participating in the competition, according to the statement, consists of eight secondary school students . The students are distributed over three geographical centers in “Damascus, Aleppo and Tartous”, where all the required technical measures were taken by the organizing committee of the competition, including broadcasting live video of students as they submit tests from their centers.
The participation in this Olympiad is an important preparatory step for the Syrian Olympiad team to participate in the world Mathematical Olympiad, which will be “remotely” organized by Russia during next September.
It is noteworthy that The Syrian scientific Olympiad team had won five bronze medals and five certificates of appreciation in the Asia-Pacific Olympiad for Mathematics competitions , which were organized by Indonesia via the Internet on the 10th of last March with the participation of about fifty countries.
Rawaa Ghanam