Books recommend by him : 1)A Beautiful Journey through Olympiad Geometry by Stefan Lozanovski 2)EGMO by Evan Chen 3)Yufei Zhao's handouts ( It's pure gold :) ) Good competition problems : 1)Iranian Geometry Olympiad 2)Russian Geometry Olympiad 3)Sharygin Geometry Olympiad
@@ShefsofProblemSolving I don't know the exact term for those type of questions which actually belongs to Number Theory but concepts of algebra are also used ( question with mixed topics ) Example question : Suppose that a, b, c are distinct integers and that p(x) is a polynomial with integer coefficients. Show that it is not possible to have p(a) = b, p(b) = c, p(c) = a. (It is a question of Number Theory but also has use of polynomials which is part of algebra)
Thank you so much, I'm more on Algebra and I can only solve basic problems in geometry that I learned in school but I want to learn more about Geometry to solve harder than before : )
Thank you so much Actually I'm preparing for the iranian geometry olympiad which is next week But I'm struggling a little bit and starting to lose confidence in myself because I can't solve other than problem 1 and rarely p2 Any advices to make a comeback?
I'm just starting out with olympiad mathematics and often, I don't understand a lot of problems and feel very worthless and dejected. How do I deal with this?
My main advice is not to treat a problem as a goal that you have to achieve but as a play ground for you to play around and explore. Because almost no one, even the top of the top knows how to solve these problems immediately. Especially as a beginner, you need to try to have a "feel" for the problem and gain intuition on what the problem is discussing. The process of learning actually comes after you've sufficiently gather the relevant ideas and concepts. Contemplate and reflect, that's my advice, even if you're stuck on a problem for days, keep on doing it, the knowledge that you gain from solving that problem is more valuable than tricks and algorithms.
Hi there. If you're just starting out it's to be expected that you don't understand a lot of the problems, especially the ones from the IMO. So the first step is understand that this is normal. Next, solve try solving easier problems. Solving easier problems can help build up your confidence in attempting the harder problems. Don't feel bad that you're "behind" because you're solving problems from say a lower grade than yours because that's where you'll build a foundation for harder problems. Finally, math isn't everything and there are other things in life that are important. For some it's family, health, friends, music, arts, social sciences, communication, religion, community, and who knows what else. Being aware that you're a human being with other facets of life other than mathematics can help with the feelings of worthlessness. I could go on and ask you "worthless to whom?" because it's a value judgement at the end of the day and individuals are worthless to some people but valuable to others. I can make a video and go into more detail if you think that could be helpful to you or maybe others :)
Thanks a lot for the advice. I like playing around with problems but sometimes, it gets a bit frustrating after a point of time. I guess, I'll have to work on that. Also, I make notes after seeing a solution as to how I could have come up with that myself and figuring out the intuition behind the proof. About the playground thing, I think that mindset does help me feel better. A video would be beneficial. Thanks a lot again.
@@cosmicmicrowavebackground547 On the frustration, that's why it's generally a good rule of thumb to leave a problem (especially if the "easier" IMO problems seem out of reach) after 30 - 45 minutes of no progress and try them out for at most 90 minutes. Because sometimes you just come across a problem that is just... weird to you...
I wonder how a good graph is the most important part of a geometry problem but no video and no mathematician shows their drawing. They all teach geometry problems using Geogebra and software and no one shows the entire paper process from scratch using a compass, a pen and a ruler. That is strange.
Hi, thanks a lot for your video, it’s really helpful to me that I’m a beginner in math Olympiad, in starting training since this year, in a couple of months I’m gonna be a 10th grader, am I too late to start?
Great to hear you like the video! Really depends on what country you're from and what your goals are. If your goal is to develop your thinking skills, I don't think it's too late for that at any point. If you like mathematics and are considering doing some quantitative university degree, there is upside in learning how to take quantitative tests under pressure and the problem solving skills math competitions develop. If your goal is to get to the IMO, there is a lot of variance depending on where you are from. Say you're not from a country that is consistently in the top 40 at the IMO www.imo-official.org/results.aspx , then the chances of you passing to the IMO are HUGE. Though depending on where you are from you might be able to pass to other competitions as well. If one potential life goal is to get into a top USA university on full financial need based aid, doing math competitions can be a way to get you into them even if you're from a country or place where there aren't a lot of opportunities available. Overall I'd try to get some clarity about what you hope to get out of competitive mathematics. I wanted to win the first gold medal at the IMO for my country (I failed in that goal) and that gave me a lot of motivation. Only later did I realize what a huge asset going to the IMO was in applying to colleges in the USA. I also wish I was more comfortable being seen as a person who was "into competitive math". If you have any specifics I can address them or even make a video on them in the future :)
@@ShefsofProblemSolving I am very grateful for your answer; yes, my goal is to get to the IMO and win a gold medal, that is also my motivation, I am from Peru, here students usually start olympics when they are in 7th or 8th grade, so I thought I was too late. Thanks for your videos, they help me a lot, it would be great if you could make one about olympiad frequently asked questions :)
good video, but I still have a question, what did you mean when you talked about the Russian Geometric Olympiad? I live in Russia and I participate in our olympiads, but I have never heard of such an olympiad, I have only heard of verbal geometry and Sharygin olimpiad
Where to learn theory can you provide me such book to understand the topic by solving problems first and then realize that this concept is when to used
I've never done a Putnam competition, so I'm not the most credible individual to ask. However, looking over some exams there are things from Combinatorics and Number theory from IMO competitions that help you prepare but I don't think geometry is too useful at that level.
@@ShefsofProblemSolving thanks for the response, I just looked at a few putnam papers and there doesn't seem to be a lot of geometry problem. Even if they're present, most of them are pretty doable even without some of the IMO tricks.
Hey, I'm just beginning my prep for imo, what are some elementary books that can help me considering that this is my first year of prep and I can only solve school level mathematics?
@@mathlegendno12 This is probably the last year. But IDC if I qualify the exam I just want to learn how to solve the problems, I find them quite intriguing. So, idc how many years I have to dedicate to learn to solve them
@@rudeus2549 Oh wow ahaha that's a good view on all this olympiad math. Other textbooks like for NT is MONT and combi is PSS by Arthur engel, and algebra I'd just learnt the individual topics using individual books. All these are elementary and what I use as a beginner!
I am interested in those IMO problems that do not Require much of Knowledge to solve them. I call Them Street smart problems. Does anyone Have any suggestions in this regard? Thanks!
Books recommend by him :
1)A Beautiful Journey through Olympiad Geometry by Stefan Lozanovski
2)EGMO by Evan Chen
3)Yufei Zhao's handouts ( It's pure gold :) )
Good competition problems :
1)Iranian Geometry Olympiad
2)Russian Geometry Olympiad
3)Sharygin Geometry Olympiad
Thank you for making this list for new people coming to the channel :)
@@ShefsofProblemSolving 😄
@@ShefsofProblemSolving can you please make a video for preparation of Algebra for Maths Olympiad and how to solve NT problems which include algebra?
@@mathavengers4204 I will do the algebra for maths olympiad!
What do you mean by your second question. Can you give me some problem examples ?
@@ShefsofProblemSolving I don't know the exact term for those type of questions which actually belongs to Number Theory but concepts of algebra are also used ( question with mixed topics )
Example question : Suppose that a, b, c are distinct integers and that p(x) is a polynomial
with integer coefficients. Show that it is not possible to have p(a) = b,
p(b) = c, p(c) = a.
(It is a question of Number Theory but also has use of polynomials which is part of algebra)
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Thank you so much, I'm more on Algebra and I can only solve basic problems in geometry that I learned in school but I want to learn more about Geometry to solve harder than before : )
Same but Im more on number theory
how is that going
Thanks for the recommendations.
You are welcome fellow problem solver :)
Bro never rubs his board
You did this type of videos for geometry, number theory and combinatorics. But what about algebra.
Coming out by the end of next week.
Nice tips man enjoyed it
Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you so much
Actually I'm preparing for the iranian geometry olympiad which is next week
But I'm struggling a little bit and starting to lose confidence in myself because I can't solve other than problem 1 and rarely p2
Any advices to make a comeback?
Watching this after IGO(Iranian geometry olympiad) in the morning 😂
Challenge: slove problem 4 in advanced level of 2023igo(I think nobody sloved in the competition😅)
I'm just starting out with olympiad mathematics and often, I don't understand a lot of problems and feel very worthless and dejected. How do I deal with this?
My main advice is not to treat a problem as a goal that you have to achieve but as a play ground for you to play around and explore. Because almost no one, even the top of the top knows how to solve these problems immediately. Especially as a beginner, you need to try to have a "feel" for the problem and gain intuition on what the problem is discussing. The process of learning actually comes after you've sufficiently gather the relevant ideas and concepts. Contemplate and reflect, that's my advice, even if you're stuck on a problem for days, keep on doing it, the knowledge that you gain from solving that problem is more valuable than tricks and algorithms.
Hi there. If you're just starting out it's to be expected that you don't understand a lot of the problems, especially the ones from the IMO.
So the first step is understand that this is normal.
Next, solve try solving easier problems. Solving easier problems can help build up your confidence in attempting the harder problems. Don't feel bad that you're "behind" because you're solving problems from say a lower grade than yours because that's where you'll build a foundation for harder problems.
Finally, math isn't everything and there are other things in life that are important. For some it's family, health, friends, music, arts, social sciences, communication, religion, community, and who knows what else. Being aware that you're a human being with other facets of life other than mathematics can help with the feelings of worthlessness. I could go on and ask you "worthless to whom?" because it's a value judgement at the end of the day and individuals are worthless to some people but valuable to others.
I can make a video and go into more detail if you think that could be helpful to you or maybe others :)
Thanks a lot for the advice. I like playing around with problems but sometimes, it gets a bit frustrating after a point of time. I guess, I'll have to work on that. Also, I make notes after seeing a solution as to how I could have come up with that myself and figuring out the intuition behind the proof. About the playground thing, I think that mindset does help me feel better. A video would be beneficial. Thanks a lot again.
@@cosmicmicrowavebackground547 On the frustration, that's why it's generally a good rule of thumb to leave a problem (especially if the "easier" IMO problems seem out of reach) after 30 - 45 minutes of no progress and try them out for at most 90 minutes. Because sometimes you just come across a problem that is just... weird to you...
I intend to meet you when I go abroad
Really helpful
Grinding for the Igo 😤
I wonder how a good graph is the most important part of a geometry problem but no video and no mathematician shows their drawing. They all teach geometry problems using Geogebra and software and no one shows the entire paper process from scratch using a compass, a pen and a ruler. That is strange.
Which is why my videos have diagram drawing on paper or the whiteboard 🧐
Thanks so much.
You’re welcome!
I really like math and olympid books
🛐🛐 amazing
Thank you :)
Hi, thanks a lot for your video, it’s really helpful to me that I’m a beginner in math Olympiad, in starting training since this year, in a couple of months I’m gonna be a 10th grader, am I too late to start?
Great to hear you like the video! Really depends on what country you're from and what your goals are. If your goal is to develop your thinking skills, I don't think it's too late for that at any point. If you like mathematics and are considering doing some quantitative university degree, there is upside in learning how to take quantitative tests under pressure and the problem solving skills math competitions develop.
If your goal is to get to the IMO, there is a lot of variance depending on where you are from. Say you're not from a country that is consistently in the top 40 at the IMO www.imo-official.org/results.aspx , then the chances of you passing to the IMO are HUGE. Though depending on where you are from you might be able to pass to other competitions as well.
If one potential life goal is to get into a top USA university on full financial need based aid, doing math competitions can be a way to get you into them even if you're from a country or place where there aren't a lot of opportunities available.
Overall I'd try to get some clarity about what you hope to get out of competitive mathematics. I wanted to win the first gold medal at the IMO for my country (I failed in that goal) and that gave me a lot of motivation. Only later did I realize what a huge asset going to the IMO was in applying to colleges in the USA. I also wish I was more comfortable being seen as a person who was "into competitive math".
If you have any specifics I can address them or even make a video on them in the future :)
@@ShefsofProblemSolving I am very grateful for your answer; yes, my goal is to get to the IMO and win a gold medal, that is also my motivation, I am from Peru, here students usually start olympics when they are in 7th or 8th grade, so I thought I was too late. Thanks for your videos, they help me a lot, it would be great if you could make one about olympiad frequently asked questions :)
good video, but I still have a question, what did you mean when you talked about the Russian Geometric Olympiad? I live in Russia and I participate in our olympiads, but I have never heard of such an olympiad, I have only heard of verbal geometry and Sharygin olimpiad
I was probably referring to Sharygin ! The geometry problems from that competition are amazing
Hello, I am a beginner in geometry, can you please advise a book where there is an in-depth study of counting angles
Evan Chen, euclidean geometry in mathematical olympiads
@@NobOdy-zg9so thanks
@@NobOdy-zg9so that's not for beginners
What does mean "homotherapy"? 1:28
Where to learn theory can you provide me such book to understand the topic by solving problems first and then realize that this concept is when to used
I wanted to ask you an example
What about the Putnam? Is the material gonna be the same as the Olympiad?
I've never done a Putnam competition, so I'm not the most credible individual to ask. However, looking over some exams there are things from Combinatorics and Number theory from IMO competitions that help you prepare but I don't think geometry is too useful at that level.
@@ShefsofProblemSolving thanks for the response, I just looked at a few putnam papers and there doesn't seem to be a lot of geometry problem. Even if they're present, most of them are pretty doable even without some of the IMO tricks.
Thank you so much
In what state you live?
@@siyovushsaparboyev8641 canada
How to prepare for algebra please
It's going to get out in late December in all likelihood given I need to do more research on it.
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Which books may i refer to for USAJMO considering its level which has a lot of problems (for geometry.)
Please
Egmo by evan chan
After that you can solve usamo,and other national mo probelms and imo problems
Hey, I'm just beginning my prep for imo, what are some elementary books that can help me considering that this is my first year of prep and I can only solve school level mathematics?
EGMO by Evan Chen is great for beginners, took me from nothing to quite solid at geometry. BTW how many years do you have left for IMO
@@mathlegendno12 This is probably the last year. But IDC if I qualify the exam I just want to learn how to solve the problems, I find them quite intriguing. So, idc how many years I have to dedicate to learn to solve them
@@rudeus2549 Oh wow ahaha that's a good view on all this olympiad math. Other textbooks like for NT is MONT and combi is PSS by Arthur engel, and algebra I'd just learnt the individual topics using individual books. All these are elementary and what I use as a beginner!
Are you an imo medalist?
Yup! 3 bronze medals
@@ShefsofProblemSolving wow! that's great!!!!
I envied you so much
I am preparing for math Olympiad I just wanted to ask how many an imo medalist sort of person is able to solve
Hi there. I'm not sure I quite understand your question... able to solve what exactly :)
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I am interested in those IMO problems that do not Require much of Knowledge to solve them. I call Them Street smart problems. Does anyone Have any suggestions in this regard? Thanks!