Miklós Schweitzer Competition
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The Miklós Schweitzer Competition (Schweitzer Miklós Matematikai Emlékverseny in Hungarian) is an annual Hungarian
mathematics
competition for university
undergraduates, established in 1949.
It is named after Miklós Schweitzer (1 Febr. 1923 - 28 January 1945) a young Hungarian mathematician, who died under the Siege of Budapest in the Second World War.
The Schweitzer contest is uniquely high-level among mathematics competitions. The problems, written by prominent Hungarian mathematicians, are challenging and require in-depth knowledge of the fields represented. The competition is open-book and competitors are allowed ten days to come up with solutions.
The problems on the competition can be classified roughly in the following categories:
1. Algebra
2. Combinatorics
3. Theory of Functions
4. Geometry
5. Measure Theory
6. Number Theory
7. Operators
8. Probability Theory
9. Sequences and Series
10. Topology
11. Set Theory
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
mathematics
Mathematics
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competition for university
University
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undergraduates, established in 1949.
It is named after Miklós Schweitzer (1 Febr. 1923 - 28 January 1945) a young Hungarian mathematician, who died under the Siege of Budapest in the Second World War.
The Schweitzer contest is uniquely high-level among mathematics competitions. The problems, written by prominent Hungarian mathematicians, are challenging and require in-depth knowledge of the fields represented. The competition is open-book and competitors are allowed ten days to come up with solutions.
The problems on the competition can be classified roughly in the following categories:
1. Algebra
2. Combinatorics
3. Theory of Functions
4. Geometry
5. Measure Theory
6. Number Theory
7. Operators
8. Probability Theory
9. Sequences and Series
10. Topology
11. Set Theory