Conditions permitting, the 28th IMC, being held from 2 August to 8 August 2021, in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, and be organised by University College London and hosted by the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad. Conditions not permitting, the 28th IMC will be held ON-LINE as was done last year. Universities are invited to send several students and one teacher as Team Leader; individual students without Team Leaders are welcome. The competition is planned for students just completing their first, second, third, or fourth years of university education and will consist of two sessions of five hours each. Problems will be from the fields of Algebra, Analysis (Real and Complex)Geometry and Combinatorics. The maximum age of participants is normally 23 years of age at the time the IMC, although exceptions can be made. The working language will be English.
The IMC in Blagoevgrad is a residential competition, and all student participants are required to stay in the accommodation provided by the hosts. It aims to provide a friendly, comfortable and secure environment for university mathematics students to enjoy mathematics with their peers from all around the world, to broaden their world perspective and to be inspired to set mathematical goals for themselves that might not have been previously imaginable or thought possible. Past participants have gone on to distinguished carriers in mathematics. Most notably, in 2018, Caucher Birkar (born Faraydoun Derakhshani) received mathematics’ most prestigious award, the Fields Medal. In 2000 he participated in the 7th IMC that was held at UCL.
Over the past 27 Competitions the IMC has had participants from over 200 institutions from over 50 countries.
University College London
Date Posted: Feb 15, 2021
Deadline: Jul 20, 2021