competition-math

[sturdy knoll]

what comp you doing

[novel karma]

Accounting 😭

Wbu

[sturdy knoll]

principles of business and administration i think it’s called

wait

[drifting mural]

How do yall study for comp math

In my state we have a thing called KAAC which is like NAQT but there’s comp math

[thorny tusk]

wats NAQT

[thorny tusk]

mock tests

math places

do the parts of the test u struggle on

[drifting mural]

I do those things I just was curious about what others do

U should search up KAAC if ur curious

[thorny tusk]

same place as KFC

[drifting mural]

Lol

It’s a Kentucky thing

My school dgaf abt deca or hosa so lowk didn’t even know they existed until a month ago

[sturdy knoll]

bro i was gonna start a hosa club

but

someone is already

they arent starting this until next year tho

[drifting mural]

Damn

[uncut grotto]

here too

[jaunty ginkgo]

<@&268886789983436800>

[lucid zealot]

Stop memorizing formulas and start seeing the "why" behind the math. We’re diving deep into Real Analysis this 10 january and it’s time to see how deep the rabbit hole goes

What’s the deal?

We’re taking everything from basics and rebuilding it from scratch. No more confusion, just pure, uncut logic.

What will we cover in the course?

Our course will cover all the topics mentioned below.

1. Basic set theory(prerequisite)
2. Point set topology
3. Sequences
4. Infinite series
5. Limits
6. Conitnuity and differentiability
7. Riemann integral and its equivalence with darboux integral
8. Improper integrals and their convergence
9. Sequence of functions
10. Series of functions and power series
11. A glimpse of metric space and topological spaces

So what are you waiting for?
Just dive into the ABSTRACT MATHEMATICAL REALM

For further information or if you have any query please feel free to message on
9820647810

[vital hedge]

whats mathcounts

[vestal pond]

where you count the number of maths

[long garden]

yes

[ornate blade]

a US competition for middle school students

you should watch the final rounds on YT, it's literally like a spelling bee where two contestants race each other to buzz in with the right answer

and you might end up fanboying over Luke Robitaille

[long garden]

LMFAO

[normal zinc]

here is information on a free competition if anyone is trying to do it. it is a one day competition with amc 8, 10, 12 style problems. it is good for those who are begining their journey with competition math and the later rounds are centered around proof writing.

[drifting mural]

I’m in hs but I’m an assistant coach for my ms mathcounts team

I also did it in ms and I would recommend it to anyone who has even a remote interest in math

[scarlet root]

What step are you on?
1. I don't know where to begin.
2. I have begun but got stuck midway.
3. I got an answer but I was told that it's wrong.
4. I got an answer and would like my work checked.
5. I have a question about someone else's work/solution.
6. I have completed the problem and don't need help anymore. Thank you.
7. None of the above

[outer mural]

this is for fun, i solved it already

[thorny tusk]

y is the bot she/they

[jaunty ginkgo]

-# bot is an adorable girl

[thorny tusk]

dats crazy

[scenic kestrel]

i did some state target problems and they included basic trig soo

[radiant jasper]

Extra challenge: find all functions f:R->R that satisfy that fe

[lunar geode]

Happy new years indeed

[primal knot]

is it too late to start comp math

[thorny tusk]

wdym

r u an unc

[primal knot]

im 9th grade it might be too late

[thorny tusk]

naw

never too late

[radiant jasper]

How is 9th grade late 😭

[thorny tusk]

it kinda is if u wanna get onto a national team or somethn

[wraith tartan]

a lil maybe just lock in a ton and you can prob make usamo

[radiant jasper]

I started in 11th grade and made it to the imo

[radiant jasper]

bruh ok mo in the us is cooked

[thorny tusk]

wait WAT

bro who r u

goddamn

[radiant jasper]

It's not even that uncommon tbh

[thorny tusk]

i got 120 on amc10a how much do i need on aime to get into usajmo

do u think

or anybody

[thorny tusk]

wait what country are u from

what imo team

[radiant jasper]

Italy

[thorny tusk]

can u tell me how to get better at geometry(my mom told me to ask u this llol)

[radiant jasper]

I mean ofc you're probably not gonna make imo in 2 years in the us but imo silver level is possible

[thorny tusk]

im in canada bro

[radiant jasper]

yeah no I was just saying that ofc I'm not from the us

[cobalt wind]

Wdym, people who get into internationals usually start so early aahshjajx9

[thorny tusk]

ofc bro g11 into us imo team is crzy

[radiant jasper]

Grind egmo

[thorny tusk]

is that the girl one

[radiant jasper]

I mean the book

[thorny tusk]

oh

[radiant jasper]

Euclidean Geometry in Math Olympiad

By Evan Chen

[thorny tusk]

i might have that

hold up

i have it bro

thanks

[wraith tartan]

WHATTTTT HOW BRO???? HOW MUCH DID YOU STUDY WHAT DID YOU STUDY WHAT WAS YOUR PROGRESSION LIKE

[wraith tartan]

I think around 11 or 10? 11 to be safe-ish, 12 to be completely safe

[tawny gyro]

wait u guys also do mathcounts?

twin!

[tawny gyro]

i suck at amc8 xD

[tawny gyro]

some kid who claims to be smarter than me said "euclid did most of his work in number theory"

;-;

[stark warren]

yo tuff

i do it too

did you do ur school comp

[zenith forge]

YO PLEASE IMPART ONTO ME YOUR SECRETS

Tryna do amc 12 next yr

[tawny gyro]

of course

in 6th grade i made top 12 in school, in 7th i made top 4, ranked second

im in 8th and second rn

[stark warren]

bro im deadass the same

[tawny gyro]

😮

[stark warren]

i got 2nd and im in 8th

did ur school have target

cuz mine didnt

[tawny gyro]

do not speak of targets

they are. HORRENDOUS

AAAH I HATE TARGETS

GOD SAVE ME

[stark warren]

bro lit evryone ik from dif states were saying target was harder than last year

but sprint was way easier

[tawny gyro]

i dont remember

[stark warren]

what state are you in

[tawny gyro]

nj

[stark warren]

im in sweaty ahh cali

[tawny gyro]

😮

north or south

[stark warren]

south

but i moved to north this year

[tawny gyro]

9000 degrees there lol

[stark warren]

yes bru

[tawny gyro]

isnt north cold

or reg

[stark warren]

no like avg

[tawny gyro]

reg/avg same sht

[stark warren]

eya

yea*

[tawny gyro]

I think the word you are looking for is "yeah"

[stark warren]

bruu

[tawny gyro]

"yeah" is a four letter word in the english dictionary that signifies agreeance or concurrence

😂

[vestal pond]

huh

[stuck tartan]

around an 11 i think

[soft vigil]

ehh

lets see how aime goes

[astral warren]

laa kid

[pallid tundra]

didnt they change the USAMO index calculation this year to weight the AIME more heavily

[thorny tusk]

ok im cooked

[thorny tusk]

how do u know😭

[astral warren]

you have eddy friended

[thorny tusk]

ur an laa kid too?

prolly mo classes kid

im too dumb for that

[astral warren]

dawg im in grade 8

[thorny tusk]

so?

[astral warren]

i aint tiger li gng

cmo is likely but imo is just a distant dream

[thorny tusk]

didnt leo wu start in grade 8?

imo doesnt need to be a distant dream

[astral warren]

bro leo wu is HIM

[thorny tusk]

also read the chat

[astral warren]

bro we're in the same class

[thorny tusk]

carbonara started in grade 11

wat

wat

wat class

[astral warren]

like mostly

bc i have mpw45 mpw55 and mc50 and you have mpw455 and mc50

[thorny tusk]

i do mc50, mpw45

oh dam ur better than me

[astral warren]

nah mud

youre prolly better

[thorny tusk]

ur ontaario kid i believe

def better than me

[thorny tusk]

lock in

during comps

lol

oh and practique

alot

[zenith forge]

with what tho

@thorny tusk sorry for pinging but i gotta steal yo secrets

like do u use books or js prev tests

[thorny tusk]

i do prev tests

and laa

and stuff

not rlly books for amc

if u need more help u can dm me or ping me here

or someone else

[astral warren]

whatd yu get on comc

i choked so bad

[thorny tusk]

uh dont talk 'bout that

heh

...

[astral warren]

bro i barely got over 60 youre fine

[thorny tusk]

ehh

im good

uhm wats ur laa acc

[astral warren]

idk

how dy check

[thorny tusk]

ur user

duh

[long garden]

what

last year's state target round?

[stark warren]

no i mean from people in states i dont live in like pennsylvania

they were saying target was harder this year

[thorny tusk]

target?

wha

wat about walmart

[long garden]

mthcounts basically has a 30 question sprint round and 8 question target round

[idle harness]

heyo, i was doing some competition past-year papers for fun and came across this question, i figured its probably something to do with polar integration? but i have no idea where to start

[outer mural]

I think you can do it without integration. P moves along the unit circle

[idle harness]

yeah but A is not the centre of the circle, so the area swept out is not a sector of the circle

i thought of finding the minor segment and then adding the triangle to it but that didn't seem to work either

[outer mural]

i just realized the sin and cos are swapped from their normal positions

you could add this triangle to the little slice above it

(note that one of the sides of the triangle is tangent to the circle)

[idle harness]

thats what i just said above, but i don't think its practically possible? at least ive not been able to find the area of the triangle

[outer mural]

there's a 30-60-90 triangle here and the hypoteneuse is 1

one of the legs is the height of the shaded triangle

[idle harness]

oh, i see

im genuinely so crippled on geometry

thanks!

[outer mural]

actually that triangle is the same as something else...

[idle harness]

after further thought, i realized that this question can be done without the geometric way as well

by summing triangles swept out by the line

$A = \frac12 \int \big( (x-2)dy - ydx \big)$

[gilded halo]

Tsuki

[austere acorn]

I don't got a math problem but wanted to ask if there are any special books I can study for math olympiads, I'm a 9th grader rn and would like to participate in national olympiads next year. Should I just study math and some circulem friendly problems or there are other things I should also work on?
I'm ahead of stuff like quadratics, creative thinking infinite series and know about complex plane and multiplication rotation stuff etc and learning cubics rn. But never studied functions or trig (they are 10th grade material but I'll study them in my free time soon)

Would appreciate if someone introduced me a good book

[burnt mauve]

Art of Problem Solving 1 & 2

[burnt mauve]

hey im also a 9th grader

don’t do curriculum

curriculum is easy (i assume you already know it)

[austere acorn]

Oki oki, do I need to study anything before starting that?

[austere acorn]

Yea rlly easy compared to competitions

[burnt mauve]

it goes over everything

[burnt mauve]

i bombed my math comp 🥀

i got 56/136 points

[austere acorn]

Nice, u planning participate in any competitions?

[burnt mauve]

i can’t do it next yr bc i have camp

but ill do it in 2027

[austere acorn]

Oh is that considered good? I never participated in one but been always interested in math

[burnt mauve]

terrible

[austere acorn]

Nice

[burnt mauve]

my friend got 124/135

[austere acorn]

Ah ic. What are you good at?

[burnt mauve]

i like to call myself good at math

[austere acorn]

I'm good at quadratic and cubic theory but suck at geometry theorems

[burnt mauve]

but looking at my result i dont think so

[burnt mauve]

ah yeah algebra is good

[austere acorn]

I think the same would happen to me after I participate 😂

[burnt mauve]

where ru from?

[austere acorn]

Iran

[burnt mauve]

ah okay

do past papers

i highly recommend

and you can find daily problems in the math olympiads server

[austere acorn]

I go to sampad schools (they are much better than average schools). So getting a 90% in school is crazy asf as well

[burnt mauve]

its .gg/mods

[austere acorn]

Ive always been around 80-95%

[austere acorn]

Thanks ima join rn

[burnt mauve]

nice

i go to a good school too

[austere acorn]

Nice

Where are you from?

[burnt mauve]

australia

but i never manage to get consistent A+’s

i do good on every test with around high 90s but for all the miscellaneous questions i always bomb it with mid 80ss

so my grade avg goes down

only consistent A’s

[austere acorn]

I didn't have much olympiad problem solving experience, mostly focused on algebra theory learning. After my first semester finals I'm gonna start 9th grade olympiad training (I won't take the exam this year, just for practice)

[austere acorn]

I've been good at math since 1st grade, but the average slightly went down at 8th and and 9th grade cuz creative thinking questions are sometimes tricky

[burnt mauve]

i self taught calculus to myself last year

[burnt mauve]

ice

nice

[austere acorn]

I'm gonna learn basic calculus this summer by watching some guides

You interested in cubics and complex plane stuff?

[burnt mauve]

you should its really useful

thats for later on

in my state

we have 3 math classes

general, methods and specialist

general is like finance

its really easy

methods is calculus and probabil

they disregard complex solutions

and in specialist its calculus probability and complex solutions

[austere acorn]

It's for 12th grade and 1st year uni, complex numbers were interesting for me so I learned them

[burnt mauve]

many students struggle as its the hardest

[austere acorn]

We got 3 types of math in our country after 9th grade

1. Math for those who chose math as their main subject (they get General basic math and intermediate geometry , ar 11th they get pre calculus, chance and probability and advance geometry, at 12th they get calculus, discrete math and advanced chance and probability)
2. There are just 3 general math books for those who chose science as their main subject (1. Basic math 'the one that math students also had', 2. Intermediate general math at 11th and advanced general math at 12th)

[austere acorn]

Calculus is rlly important its used in almost every single branch of science

[burnt mauve]

yeah

[idle harness]

im not very sure about the US curriculum but imo the A Levels Further Maths curriculum is pretty useful for studying ahead

specifically the pure maths one

some of the topics are pretty relevant for olympiads and you can also train your problem-solving while learning that

ah, and the UK STEP and TMUA papers are pretty nice as well

there's loads of past-year papers online, and they're all quite enjoyable to write

[sturdy knoll]

would you suggest using bmo papers to study for the amc and aime and that kinda stuff

[ivory ember]

<@&268886789983436800>

[zenith forge]

Sounds fire honestly

[idle harness]

im not in the UK so im not very sure, but i just looked through some papers and it looks decent for practice

[ornate blade]

BMO is not too relevant cause AMC and AIME don't use proofs

I'd just recommend studying from past AMC and AIME contests and books directly - there are so many past questions for free

[low steeple]

I made into BMO2 yipppppeeeeeee

I got exactly qualification mark

[tribal owl]

What is competition-math?

Like math tournament?

[high goblet]

ayyy nice congrats!

gl for bmo2!

[hasty rune]

Any tips on how to work my way up to being able to solve Olympiad problems

I know basic calc. (1-2) and most algebra besides some precalc stuff but the Olympiad type problems are quite foreign to me

Any easier problems along the same kind of idea of more proof based things that I could start with?

[novel karma]

what other math related extra curriculars can i do besides competitions?

[harsh apex]

competiton math sites?

[tiny eagle]

Leadership in math club(s) and math outreach projects, tutor math, and more

[reef condor]

Research

[carmine patrol]

congrats!!!

[thorny tusk]

great job bro👍

[low steeple]

its quite different to most 'normal' math questions

i'd say start with an easier olympiad and look at a past paper and see what you can do

and just kind of work your way up

like my recommendation would be to begin with the ukmt jmo

[hollow cobalt]

js do questions

[haughty valve]

hey guys how to do coordinate geometry (circles straight lines parabola ellipse hyperbola) for competitive basis

[radiant jasper]

You don't

[swift imp]

You do

[hollow cobalt]

jee

?

js open sl loney

still important for the base

[haughty valve]

what is sl loney?

[haughty valve]

yup

[hollow cobalt]

u do coaching?

[hollow cobalt]

its a book for coordinate geometry

you can self study

[haughty valve]

yeah i go to allen

[hollow cobalt]

but it gets so boring

[hollow cobalt]

oh you are good

dont need anything

[haughty valve]

for iit level is cengage and pyqs okay?

[haughty valve]

the module is trash honestly the questions in there are nothing compared to actual advanced

[hollow cobalt]

oh fr?

then ill give my module

[haughty valve]

yeah he questions are kinda different from actual advanced papers

[hollow cobalt]

how bad is it

like you cant expect them to same

the concept shouldnt change

[haughty valve]

see it's maybe coz the questions are chapter mixed

coz if u take quadratic equation it is mixed w matrices

[hollow cobalt]

go thru this

[haughty valve]

will it be helpful?

[hollow cobalt]

depends if your really smart then not

you js open a question or two and see if they are good lvl

[haughty valve]

yeah no 😭😭

[haughty valve]

yup lemme see

[uncut grotto]

:tip never do theory from module

[hollow cobalt]

ofcc

[uncut grotto]

They are usually fucked up

[hollow cobalt]

😢

i js look for formulas

in case i forget them

[haughty valve]

okay nah man I could like do that one mains question and one advanced

[haughty valve]

i swear I read my teachers notes

[hollow cobalt]

🤷‍♂️

hows ex1

[haughty valve]

always sucked at proving will always suck at proving

[hollow cobalt]

ig they dont teach that in allen

[haughty valve]

nope, which coaching did u choose

[hollow cobalt]

like no solved illustrations for them

vibrant academy 😂

the online batch

[haughty valve]

there are solved examples but no proving questions

[haughty valve]

damn bro 😭😭

[hollow cobalt]

u shud try them

they lwk fun af

[haughty valve]

my backlogs are killing me already and then letting proving questions overpower me 💔🤑

[hollow cobalt]

bruh

its ok if you have backlog in maths

phy chem its not acceptable

[haughty valve]

my mocktests are seeing the highest in physics and chem idk what am I gonna do for maths

[haughty valve]

true true

[hollow cobalt]

yeah maths is a canon event

cant do anything

they suck at teaching math( my cope )

nah the exam pattern is shallow

[haughty valve]

ong their fault not mine 🤑🤑

[hollow cobalt]

😹

[haughty valve]

i swear 🤬🤬

[hollow cobalt]

math is made hard on purpose

phy feels so good

[haughty valve]

IKR OMG bro u can imagine the scenario

and u get that confidence

math on the other side circle does not exist but the centre surely exists

[hollow cobalt]

yeah it uses enough math and its ok not some random shit

like in math i js cant know whats going in exam setters mind

[haughty valve]

exactly and it's manageable math

[haughty valve]

so unpredictable

[hollow cobalt]

even if i fail math

it dont matter

[haughty valve]

r u targetting for iit?

[hollow cobalt]

used to

i got humbled

[haughty valve]

nah man don't lose hope, we still have a year

[hollow cobalt]

ima see what 12th has for me

at this point ill try to get some gov clg

[haughty valve]

same honestly even i js want a govt college w some good branch

[hollow cobalt]

i lwk cant clear math cutoff 💔

[haughty valve]

im already wasting my parents money, further i don't rlly wanna

[haughty valve]

istg like no one's taking 20/100 marks 💔💔

[hollow cobalt]

yeah like thats such a big regret so atleast a govt clg wont be too bad

on the other hand pvt is js

💵

[haughty valve]

yup that's what, at the end of the day js wanna get a good job and be by myself 🤑🤑

[haughty valve]

ong management quota 🤑🤑

[hollow cobalt]

thats adv right

[hollow cobalt]

yeah theres much to learn after jee

[haughty valve]

yeah but mains also I'm not bagging much

[hollow cobalt]

i was talking abt mains 😿

[haughty valve]

ong 💔 want this phase to get over so fast

bro bro dw WE'RE on the same boat idt 30 is a good score either

either ways im. not scoring in math

[hollow cobalt]

shallow ah exam cant wait to actually learn hard stuff in math

instead of intentionally ragebait math

[hollow cobalt]

tbh jee made me smarter than before so thats a good thing

[haughty valve]

none can ragebait the more than math

[haughty valve]

as in

[hollow cobalt]

like overall compared to 10th

[haughty valve]

uh huh i think my chem and physics only improvised

[hollow cobalt]

if i sticked to school in 11th i might have been cooked for life

they teach so dogshit

[haughty valve]

LMAOO we've this dummy school concept

[hollow cobalt]

yeah thats good

i would have joined allen too

[haughty valve]

then why didn't u

[hollow cobalt]

didnt get dummy

cbse did some goofy stuff

i should have js got it

[haughty valve]

ohh they started that shit there

[hollow cobalt]

fk cbse

yeah

[haughty valve]

shit they might shift our classes to our school itself from 12th

[hollow cobalt]

like they still gonna be allen teachers

[haughty valve]

yup they're js gonna travel from allen to school

[hollow cobalt]

yeah thats good

[haughty valve]

its like some bs, the neet kids will be staying in allen and jee kids in school

[hollow cobalt]

they faking cbse

😂

cuz they gonna check for jee kids

[haughty valve]

istg 😂😂😂😂 top 100 business ideas

[hollow cobalt]

i hope 12th math is enuf for cutoff

🔥

[haughty valve]

NAH BRO SAME I CHECK THAT EVERYDAY like apparently it makes up 55%

im gonna lock in for 12th

[hollow cobalt]

yeah its my hope

[haughty valve]

and try getting some nit bro 💔💔

idc if it's some low ahh nit

[hollow cobalt]

yeah i had no exp in math in 11

i know in 12th what steps i shud take

[haughty valve]

same same

so wyd

[hollow cobalt]

im in a phy server too, i js switch between these two servers hoping to cure my boredom

( i could use this time to strengthen old math chapters )

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-13597132752790194338

[haughty valve]

lmaaooassoo 😈🤑

[haughty valve]

(nahhh)

[hollow cobalt]

its end of the year

i dont have backlog in phy and chem

neither i have the willpower to do more questions

i feel satisfied

[haughty valve]

same im set for physics and chem jee mains level

jee advanced is not for me anymore 💔

[haughty valve]

yeah same

[hollow cobalt]

you could always study more but how much can you stretch boring ah old topics

[hollow cobalt]

i can clear it if there was no maths

oh yeah everybody fails cuz of math anyways

[haughty valve]

that's what like u already know what's in it

[haughty valve]

exactlyy idek why is maths like that

[hollow cobalt]

the original mechanics hype is unmatched

now its like ok stuff its not that fun now

[haughty valve]

yeah coz like when rotational mechanics started i was shit scared

but now ehh 🤑

[hollow cobalt]

phy saved me from ragequitting

[hollow cobalt]

nah i loved it

i found a pattern

ig my brain can only understand purely mechanical based chapters

like no creativity n shi

unlike math

[opaque sleet]

i'm failing cus of chem yall

[hollow cobalt]

ionic was also fav

[opaque sleet]

organic was soooooo funnnnnnn but i did it like 6 months ago and i didnt revise

[hollow cobalt]

broski js read your notes and do pyq

[opaque sleet]

shit was fireeeeee

math in jee is fun too its the only reason i'm not failing ngl

but

it can get

really

[hollow cobalt]

fuck toy

you

[opaque sleet]

lengthy

[opaque sleet]

especially conics and 3d geometry OMG

[hollow cobalt]

math IS the reason i will fail

[haughty valve]

NAH BRO HOW THE HELL

[opaque sleet]

math is the reason i pass

[haughty valve]

quite the opposite of u

[hollow cobalt]

conic is the goat chapter if you want marks

the manipulation in algebra i cant deal with it

[opaque sleet]

sexy

[hollow cobalt]

i gotta keep my memory loaded in conic im good with that

[opaque sleet]

sexy ass manipulations in algebra and integrals especially

[hollow cobalt]

nah not algebra

integrals is fire

[haughty valve]

r u in 12th

[opaque sleet]

ye honestly conics is cool but damn bruh i'm stupid

[hollow cobalt]

integration is like mechanical based i can do it

[opaque sleet]

yeppp

[opaque sleet]

its really fun qhen ur ina quite room theres nothing but a pen some problems and most importantly

[haughty valve]

oh so you're writing this year

[opaque sleet]

music

[haughty valve]

damn bro atbb

[hollow cobalt]

yeah its like solving a puzzle which actually doesnt frustrate you

[opaque sleet]

ye no

i'm

fucked

math in jee is like trying to cut a tree with a stick dawg

i'm failing cus of chem

[hollow cobalt]

yo u said you were passing thru math

[haughty valve]

😂😂😂

[opaque sleet]

oh i'm doing really well in it

its just that

its way too lenghty

but my chem

is ass

no matter how hard i try in math i cannot get it to cover up chem which is what i should've realised sooner

[hollow cobalt]

well its hard to do math on a time limit

[opaque sleet]

gang i hate 3d geometry so much

it takes

[hollow cobalt]

drop 😈

[opaque sleet]

no no i aint studying like this ever again

[hollow cobalt]

haha same js get this over with

[opaque sleet]

going to narayana really got me burned out like three seperate times

[opaque sleet]

i swear dawg

if i get into bits i'll be the happiest person on the planet

[hollow cobalt]

if i get govt clg me too

[opaque sleet]

i'll genuinly skip around with fairys in a garden while wearing heels

(i'm a guy)

which coaching u guys go to?

[hollow cobalt]

online vibrant academy

nj batch

[opaque sleet]

daammnn

what college u guys aiming for?

[haughty valve]

govt college preferably nit (any works) but even RV works for me

[hollow cobalt]

i aimed for iisc in 10th , now js a govt clg

[opaque sleet]

i aimed IIT and my teachers after like 8-9 months were like YE U CAN GET IT

and then

burnout

3 times

seperately

in a span of 6 months

[hollow cobalt]

i think

in 11th

[opaque sleet]

gay af ngl

[hollow cobalt]

i have felt this uneasy feeling

like wanting to do nothing

for like 90 percent of time

ok not 90

after like oct

during diwali brek

[opaque sleet]

i couldnt sleep right for

[hollow cobalt]

after that studying felt like moving a rock

[opaque sleet]

1 and a half year

and then i left coaching

and i stopped studying

in my mind it was like "1 and a half year u did work ur ass of what will u accomplish in half a year?"

[opaque sleet]

i swear

[hollow cobalt]

cooked

[opaque sleet]

i genuinly lost interest real quick

[hollow cobalt]

good ol days when i could study without feeling like shi

and had genuine interest

[opaque sleet]

except math cus i had the reputation of being really good at it

[opaque sleet]

i miss it

[hollow cobalt]

yeah like in the starting it was fun

[opaque sleet]

like in the begginning i was getting shuffled up to the higher clases and then boom things stopped making sense in an instant

we had

a weekly advanced test every weekend

[hollow cobalt]

thats bound to degrade mental health

[opaque sleet]

and i realised that u could do really well if u did 2 subjects to a good degree

and ye my phy and chem were on some rotation and cus of that my basics got fucked

[hollow cobalt]

i had allen online test , after that i was never the same

[opaque sleet]

math was the only consistent thing i did from the start

[hollow cobalt]

i cant even muster up the willpower to give a test

[opaque sleet]

weekly ADVANCED test is just such a hassle

u have to pray u have a good teacher

u have to pray they finish syllabus by thursday AT THE LATEST

and u have to pray the questions dont come extremely difficult

[hollow cobalt]

its too much

[opaque sleet]

i can atleast do that but i have no courage in revising anymore

[hollow cobalt]

it does more harm than good

[opaque sleet]

and then u have to pray ur gonna stay in the section where u understand the teachers

[opaque sleet]

both academically and mentally

[hollow cobalt]

i never had probl with that( i love my teachers )

[opaque sleet]

i wouldnt sleep at night cus i'd be like "if i dont sleep enough i aint functioning tomorrow."

[hollow cobalt]

i js lost fun in studying

[opaque sleet]

i- i'm a really sceptical person when it comes to them mostly cus i've dealt academics by rawdawging it with books

[opaque sleet]

i always got so sick of learning theory like dawg

[hollow cobalt]

thats one of the reasons i didnt go offline cuz i think u gotta sac your sleep ( i got school )

[opaque sleet]

lemme solve already

[opaque sleet]

ye

and if they care way too much about ur attendance ur fucked

like u r done

i wouldnt appear for sunday exams which were also advanced

and i got punished real hard

[hollow cobalt]

what they do

[opaque sleet]

they made me stand outside for 1 hour

then i had to write a letter apologizing to one of the higher up staff who manages discipline

[hollow cobalt]

i can spend a hour outside i cant spend giving that 3 hr shitty test

[opaque sleet]

they prohibited me from writing the exam on saturday which was important for me to stay in my section

we had shuffling every 4 weeks

so ye kinda cooked only

[hollow cobalt]

js beat the shit outta them

[opaque sleet]

narayna is like a different breed

[hollow cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/i-show-speed-stupid-gif-12822049994234271730

outside coaching

[opaque sleet]

i'm

allergic to the sun

like

genuinly

[hollow cobalt]

yeah

[opaque sleet]

i have a medical condition

i aint beating up nobody

a 6 year old and beat me in a fist fight if it wanted to

[hollow cobalt]

yeah then its hard to cope with it

[opaque sleet]

what chapter do u

really really like

[hollow cobalt]

rotational and ionic

[opaque sleet]

rotation is so goooooodddd

ionic is also good to from what i remember but pretty calculative ngl

[hollow cobalt]

i lowk have a mindmap for every question

[opaque sleet]

damn

i just rawdog it and hope for the best (usually goes well)

mechanics was

[hollow cobalt]

for mechanics tbh but rotat more cuz its heavily mechanical based

[opaque sleet]

peak phy

[hollow cobalt]

yeah it will be

[opaque sleet]

magnetic effects of current and EMI were fun too

[hollow cobalt]

so ionic was js started and i got like 15 ques hw

[opaque sleet]

especially when they were mixed with mechanics

[hollow cobalt]

i spent 3 hrs on them

after that i never struggled with it

[opaque sleet]

it takes more time to solve a question of areas under the curve ngl

[hollow cobalt]

those 3 hrs of painfully seeing how you write a reaction

[opaque sleet]

i dont remember chem

[hollow cobalt]

going back and forth thru notes

[opaque sleet]

i'm so

cooked

[opaque sleet]

i mean atleast u had fun

i'll read some shortnotes y mathongo

[hollow cobalt]

u js gotta have crazy psychopath to open your notes everyday

[opaque sleet]

and put off pyq;s

[hollow cobalt]

yeah after that sesh everything was so clear

also rotat was also going on

i felt on top of the world

[opaque sleet]

that feeling must've been gooooooddd

2 subjects in the bag is peak jee exp

[hollow cobalt]

i ignored math cuz they were teaching SOT and i js cant do this goofy chap

i forgot every formula

[opaque sleet]

SOT?

[hollow cobalt]

solutions of triangles

[opaque sleet]

thats not in jee

but ye

can be pretty useful

[hollow cobalt]

yeah they teach

thats why i left it

[opaque sleet]

its there in bits and maybe other exams tho

next few months my focus finna be chem

and boards

[hollow cobalt]

gl bro

[opaque sleet]

i'm aight with phy

good with math

boards wont take much for them

but pe,english and chem finna drain me

[opaque sleet]

u too

r u CBSE?

[hollow cobalt]

ye

[opaque sleet]

do u do any mains test?

i can maybe ask u phy doubts if i get any

[hollow cobalt]

im in 11th

[opaque sleet]

dont fail son

dont fail

[hollow cobalt]

yeah 😈

[opaque sleet]

time hai

bohot time hai

karle

[hollow cobalt]

ik exactly what mistakes i made

[opaque sleet]

padhai

dont get depressed over those mistakes

just learn and move on

mistake i made was getting guilty over burnouts

take a break and move on

[hollow cobalt]

this year will be better

[opaque sleet]

it will

good luck

ima go

sleep

goodnight

[hollow cobalt]

gn

[coarse atlas]

Damn

[gritty fern]

Omg ye Urdu hy?

[gritty fern]

Oh

[opaque sleet]

Hindi sorry 😭

[sturdy knoll]

yooo

me too

[primal knot]

is it too late to start math competitions

[ornate blade]

no, even if you've already graduated from high school there are a few uni maths competitions

[primal knot]

im 50 years old

[ornate blade]

what brings you to Discord then

[primal knot]

math

[uncut grotto]

Leave

Bro thinks math can be done on discord

[rugged solstice]

well with latex it can

[gritty fern]

Aik hi baat hy, no?

[opaque sleet]

Hanji

[wide haven]

https://tenor.com/view/wonder-of-u-wou-wonder-of-you-jojo's-bizarre-adventure-jojo-gif-11562652315320632576

[runic moth]

what are the best resources for competition math as a high schooler?

[sturdy knoll]

i’ve been using aops

thatd pretty good

[burnt mauve]

yh

[spring trench]

AOPS is pretty good for pre-olympiad math. You can check out Evan Chen’s website to find more resources once you start moving onto olympiad problems (solutions that require proofs).

[opal hill]

Hello! I am currently in grade 8, and preparing for IOQM and RMO. This year I got 15 without any preparation. I want to be selected at least for RMO next year. If you guys have anything helping for preparation, it is welcome. I can't take tuitions and I will have to self-study. Sorry if this is the wrong place to send this. If you need / want, I can send the list of books I currently have. In school, I am a good student, around 97-98% in mathematics, and I can solve till mid-grade 10th easily, but some topics, eat up my time.

[wide haven]

start from this

this is cenage

and I am not a 12 th grader

I am in 8th too

preparing of IOQM

so i think tis will do for the beginning

[wide haven]

One more thing

Physics - (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z19b4NswMf9tUlnXp0ujiMHaKBINPHaL?usp=drive_link)
Chemistry - (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_CO9-lHuu-lRmtNkUAznTnH3sPiXaeZR?usp=drive_link)
Mathematics - (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1okmVZ4BdbcYm78oYa6tlp9XbH1ABcIsd?usp=drive_link)

mathematics has everything

a bit extra too

but not num theory

[lunar geode]

Nt titu andreescu concepts and problems
Geo beautiful journey
Alg the olympiad algebra book, and otis excerpts for inequalities, fes
Combi mathurs book is good, although its not available i heard

[wide haven]

but I think sir

these may be a bit expensive

and these books I mentioned abve

is easier

to begin

[trim vault]

Does Putnam go here

[stone coyote]

i think it's more high school stuff here but putnam is certainly part of the channel as well

[thorny tusk]

!!!

[visual vapor]

uncs how to prep for AIME

also I wanna get into CMO next year

I need like mainly geometry and counting and probability

my algebra is like aime level and good enough to get me into cmo

number theory would help too

oh and game theory

[thin pumice]

Are u a g8 at uts???

How else would we have mutuals bro???

[visual vapor]

G22 wtf lmao

[thin pumice]

howd u k those guys tho???

what

[visual vapor]

wait how do I know who?

cody?

[thin pumice]

and edison

[thin pumice]

yea

Wth

[visual vapor]

Cody was my buddy's younger brother

[thin pumice]

ohhh that makes sense

[visual vapor]

Edison I just know cuz I added the g8s

wait did u go to uts

wait r u at uts

is unc at uts

[thin pumice]

Ohhh

[thin pumice]

No im at edisons old school/codys current school

[visual vapor]

ohh ic

[snow thistle]

by cmo do u mean canadian or chinese

though i feel like neither looks at aime as a metric to get into

[visual vapor]

canadian

for comc

[visual vapor]

yeah aime is just sooner

so I should prolly prep for that first

[snow thistle]

oh wait whoops i’m illiterate my bad

[snow thistle]

i mean

depends on what ur mocking rn

with only a month left i would honestly just do mocks atp

[visual vapor]

I mock like a 8

I need an 11 tho

ig ill just run mocks

[stuck tartan]

what was ur amc 10/12 score

[stuck tartan]

RMO as in romanian math olympiad?

[visual vapor]

110 on amc10

goal is usajmo

since aime is weighted more if I do really well on that I should maybe make it

also im way better at longer comps

[stuck tartan]

lock in for the 12 on aime

ion think 11 quals

[quasi slate]

i was mocking 130s and then got 108 i dont think im making it ts yr

[opal hill]

No, it's the Regional Mathematics Olympiad of India. I'm referring to the Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics and the Regional Mathematics Olympiad, not the Romanian one.

[stuck tartan]

111% HK is tuff

[true grotto]

indian second stage, regional math oly

[true grotto]

oh wait he said it mb

[elder matrix]

which books are these?

[wide haven]

IDK

[civic marsh]

Are you into math olympiads?

[visual vapor]

12 is insane

idt i can get a 12

ill try tho lmao

hopefully the cheaters lower the cutoff cuz aime is on paper

[thin pumice]

yes, but i dont think im capable... wby?

[pliant siren]

Hi can smeone help me with this

[civic marsh]

If you are interested in mathematics can I dm you?

[thin pumice]

oh ummm sure ig???

[opaque sleet]

10??

I got 9:1 as ratio

it could genuinly be 2 as well

Idk

Chatgpt is saying 4

Damn

I'm stupid

Idk

[quasi slate]

i beat p4 but im lwk lazy to do so on my main file

[quasi slate]

yo chatgpt is cheeks at hard math from my experience

claude gets an aneurysm at the mention of geometry

gemini does fairly well tho

[wraith vector]

<@&268886789983436800>

Scam begone

[snow thistle]

idk abt this one

it got 37 on this years imo

but that was the paid version

the free version is pretty shitty

[quasi slate]

thats probably it lol

[snow thistle]

chatgpt usage on maa tests is still a problem though

2 people at my testing site got caught gpting amc 10 and it almost got everyones score revoked

[outer mural]

for this question, if you found an answer that seemed right, how would you justify it?

[sturdy knoll]

i’m too dumv for this

whatbthe hell

how would you even do that

[outer mural]

|| with the equilateral triangle, the arrangements come in groups of three (because you can rotate an arrangement) but you can't rotate the isosceles triangle, so 3 : 1 ||

[thin pumice]

how do we have so much mutuals? Howd yk the one whos name starts with s and c?

[astral warren]

fa,

fam

[astral warren]

yo me too

how to cmo

im mocking a 8-9 consistently on aime

but i choked hard on comc this yr bc i got sick

so i barely got over 60

how can i improve combo and geo?

[sturdy knoll]

i choked on amc

i got a 60 on that

[uneven wadi]

yo

[astral warren]

shit bro you good

[sturdy knoll]

bro a 60 is ass

i’m lwk rryna lock in so i don’t choke bext year

[astral warren]

yeah i was asking if you were ok

[sturdy knoll]

oh

yeah it’s wtv

it was lwk a humbling experience icl

first time comp math so

idk

[snow thistle]

idk im not canadian

[snow thistle]

uhh

if ur preparing for aime then with only a month left theres not a whole lot of space you can close

atp the best thing is to just do mocks and prepare for the real thing

but for next year

for geo u can read egmo if you feel like you have bad intuition

combo just practice with problems

cmimc has good combo problems

[quasi slate]

two entire people

[opaque sleet]

Ai cant do permutstions ans combinations?

In my exp it fairs okish in it

[stuck tartan]

2025 aime 2 looking ahh problem

[outer mural]

yeah that's right

[karmic lodge]

hallo

how can I stop making silly dumahh mistakes

[nova isle]

By practising questions specifically on them

Like i make a lot of mistakes in division and multiplication so ive been focusing on it

[karmic lodge]

on the last fcking step

I have lets say 16+46

[nova isle]

Ye so calculatuons

[karmic lodge]

I come up wigh 52

[nova isle]

Mine are also bad

[karmic lodge]

instead of 62

😭

[nova isle]

Tbh

Hust like

[karmic lodge]

I'm actuallya dumbahh

[nova isle]

Grab a 1st grade book

[karmic lodge]

lollll

[nova isle]

And start diung calculations

[karmic lodge]

alr

should I go to sleep?

[nova isle]

Or like get lik 100 questions on V and SA

[karmic lodge]

whats V and SA

[nova isle]

Volume and surface area

[karmic lodge]

oh

Tf was I thinking

[nova isle]

In sure calculating square roots using the long division method should help

[karmic lodge]

I also cant do those questions with nets

[nova isle]

What was i thinkun too typing tha

[nova isle]

Total area - total area of empty space

[karmic lodge]

yk like whats opposite of this side

[nova isle]

Which side

[karmic lodge]

similar to this but as a net instead

or like they give each side a value and what is the sum of the touching sides

etc

iykyk

[nova isle]

Uhh

You do it like

You just project it onto something

Using your mind ofc

😭

[karmic lodge]

I can't imagine it tho

Ive tried

it just doesn't work

I just stare at the paper

[nova isle]

Knowing how s rubux cube works really helps un these types of questions

Rubix

Fuck

[karmic lodge]

I have one

usually it gets harder when you get octahedrons

[nova isle]

Ye so do one thing

[nova isle]

Oh it definentky does

[nova isle]

The answe should be red to tis

[karmic lodge]

it took me 3 hrs to do this and I got it wrong still

what math is hard 4 u

btw what grade r u

[nova isle]

The one i dont understand

:)

[nova isle]

9th

[karmic lodge]

what did you get last year one the amc8

[nova isle]

Whats a amc8

[karmic lodge]

the american math contest

8 th grade and under

[nova isle]

Not american

[karmic lodge]

oh where?

[ornate blade]

you can take it anywhere in the world, if your school offers it

I grew up in Asia all my life and I did AMC multiple years

[nova isle]

Huh

It didnt tho

Fire

[karmic lodge]

what did you get on the amc8

[ornate blade]

too long ago

[karmic lodge]

I getting clapped rn

[ornate blade]

I don't even remember what I got for any of my AMCs

[karmic lodge]

Last attempt

I need an 18

[ornate blade]

good luck I guess

[karmic lodge]

how old is bro

prolly post grad

[nova isle]

For this you notice how like 1-4 and 5-Q make the top and bottom parts. So the opposite side should be 4 apart. (Aka side opposite to 1 is 5) So side opposite to Q is 4?

[karmic lodge]

nah

its 1

[nova isle]

Ye its 1

[karmic lodge]

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/2023_AMC_8_Problems/Problem_17?srsltid=AfmBOooJSolIBckhBfobEgdqDlM_bAHNyCm9zZukrWb4GcWPV0Fzj7Xz

[nova isle]

Oh my god 1,5 are adjacent.

I messed up my projectuon of folding it into a octahedron

[karmic lodge]

see what I'm saying except I couldn't do shit

I actually made a paper copy

[nova isle]

Hm

[obtuse shale]

hi

[karmic lodge]

hi

I'm being a dumbahh

[ornate blade]

undergrad lol

[karmic lodge]

prolly becuz its almost 3 am

yall play chess

[nova isle]

cheese

[karmic lodge]

...

[nova isle]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-and-jerry-cheese-one-bite-jerry-mouse-gif-27668294

[karmic lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/hah-im-finna-whip-this-kid-gif-20437084

https://tenor.com/view/brain-dog-brian-dog-cooked-wallahi-im-finished-cooked-dog-gif-1849480349705279416

[nova isle]

https://tenor.com/view/cavif-cavifax-gif-3330778137757269524

[karmic lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-animal-dancing-cat-cat-kitty-cute-gif-1879301708244436198

[nova isle]

u don't need to when I can accidentally stab myself with a pen .

[karmic lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/hamster-hamstermeme-staring-watching-gif-13568561

https://tenor.com/view/triste-isolado-pensando-sad-isolated-gif-11165084073573897086

r u mentally fine

[wide haven]

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-calamity-wonder-of-u-jojolion-jojolionbae-gif-26676639

calamity

[nova isle]

I think ive done it like 4 times at this point

[opaque sleet]

Do any of yall have any suggestions for jee student trying to crack ISI?

I have no background in olympiads

[wide haven]

https://tenor.com/view/tusk-jjba-jojo-steel-ball-run-ora-gif-19467790

YOU wont know

[wide haven]

hmmmm bro chacha

wtf u tryna do

is ISI

side

or is jee side

[opaque sleet]

ISI is side

I can jee adv math pretty well but ima assume that wont help much

[nova isle]

i dont

youre damn right

[wide haven]

@opaque sleet

NUMBER THEORY

must hai

[opaque sleet]

What am i

Supposed to find?

The value of b1 and b2 and b3 for which we get non trivial solutions?

(If determinant of coef of x,y,z are zero)

I'll do it once i reach home

[wide haven]

no like

I am not saying u too slve this shit

I accidentaly uploaded it

[opaque sleet]

Ok so

I should do number theory

From where tho?

[wide haven]

dm

[wide haven]

aap dm kro

mai apko batata hu

[opaque sleet]

Aight

[pliant siren]

no as I know it is 4