Mathmania — Codefest'18

Revision en9, by hitman623, 2018-09-02 20:48:05

Hi, Codeforces Community!

Codefest'18 — a diverse roster of high-quality programming competitions by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Varanasi is excited to present Mathmania.

Mathmania is a mathematical puzzle contest where a sound knowledge of mathematics together with computational thinking will be essential to solve problems. The motivation behind Mathmania is to provide a platform for the inquiring mind to dwelve into unfamiliar areas and learn new concepts in an exciting way.

The contest will take place at Topcoder. This contest will be an individual event with a duration of 3 hours, from Sep/1/2018 12:30 UTC. The contest will be unrated for both Div1 and Div2 participants but will be a long match which will consist of interesting mathematical challenges covering almost all domains of Mathematics, ranging from Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry, etc.

The contest has been prepared by iit_sujal, GT_18, Enigma27, vinayjaisinghani and hitman623.

Prizes -

1st Place : $200

2nd Place : $150

3rd Place : $75

Best ranking member in India: $75

Topcoder- Mathmania T-Shirts for top 30 participants.

Best two freshers/sophomores from IIT (BHU) will also receive T-Shirts.

Registration:

Go to Topcoder Arena – arena.topcoder.com(Beta) or setup Topcoder Java Applet*, you will be able to register for the contest.

*In Topcoder Java Applet – you can find the contest listing in Active Contest Tab

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Never Competed in a Topcoder Contest: See this to understand Topcoder Contests better!

UPD : The contest starts in an hour.

UPD : Hope you enjoyed the contest. We apologise for the technical issues you faced during the contest. For all those whose efforts went in vain in the 600 points problem, don't worry we have a consolation prize for you.

UPD : The editorial is published here. Solutions for last 3 problems will be added soon.

UPD : The editorial is complete. Feel free to discuss anything in the comments.

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