9gr8
a 10h std guy winning silver at imo is too good
India's rank :- 28!
Cheers!
Our mates have done quite a gr8 job!
Detailed results avilable at :-
http://www.imo-official.org/year_info.aspx?year=2009
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9http://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=17511
im starting to faint
akashnil is on aops
341Although Akashnil stood 2nd in the Indian team, notice he is among the few contestants to have scored points in the last problem which is now being regarded as the toughest problem in the history of the IMO.
I am in awe of the Chinese team in which the topper (IMO No.2) has now scored full points for the second year running. The entire team has won gold medals.
Just have a look at the record of the Chinese team performance over the years. They simply dominate.
9yes i also had the same analysisi
akashnil scored 0 in a relatively easy geometry problem
9there is also a very good reason for chinese dominance
they have a lot of coaching centres for IMO
its like how we have instis like bansl,fiitjee ,BT for iitjee where lakhs prepare and the competition brings out the best in one
341akashnil scoring 0 in a geo problem could only mean he had 104°F fever!
that guy is astonishingly good at geometry
and combinatorics
and inequalities
and number theory
and functional equations
and .... :D
341Wanted to share something more about that last problem.
I was reading a discussion about it in mathlinks. Many did say it was the toughest in the 50yr history of the contest. What caught my eye was that a user called Probability 1.01 had already posted a "simple" solution (using induction). Actually he is Alex Zhai from US who scored full points in last year's IMO. Naturally, he was among the few who cud even figure out a method.
It makes my spine tingle to think of the stratospheric levels at which these minds work!