The Department of
Mathematics at NDSU is happy
to announce the start of the sixth annual North Dakota Mathematics
Talent Search. The goals of the talent search are to locate high
school students in North Dakota with a talent for solving mathematical
problems, to reward these students and their teachers for their
efforts, and to encourage these students to attend NDSU and major
in the mathematical sciences or engineering.
The Talent Search poses three sets of challenging mathematical problems
throughout the year. The problems will have various levels of
difficulty. Many students will be able to solve most of the problems;
others may find some of these problems rather difficult.
In any case, interested students are strongly encouraged to send in
solutions even if they only solve one problem in a set, because
finding a good solution to a problem is always an achievement.
The problems do not require advanced mathematical knowledge -- just
creativity and a feeling or taste for problem solving.
The 2004-2005 Talent Search was organized by the
Faculty of the Department of Mathematics at NDSU.
