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fork(2) [soylentnews.org] writes:

      Al Jazeera [aljazeera.com] reports:

Hong Kong is hosting the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad 2016 [6 July - 16 July] with a record number of participating countries and the addition of Nepal as an observer.

The competition for secondary school students from around the world has more than 100 teams competing.

James Hung, director and secretary of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) committee in Hong Kong, said the record number of 111 countries and regions registered to take part in IMO 2016 is "a huge accomplishment."

"Having proven the growing popularity of the contest among students, schools and parents, we are aiming to share and exchange ideas on mathematical education and its development," he told Al Jazeera.

      hometownlife [hometownlife.com] [USA Today] says, "The U.S. high school students will be riding on the back of last year's team victory, the first U.S. win in 20 years. This year over 100 of the world's best teams will meet in Hong Kong July 6-16 to try their hand at some of the world's most challenging proof-style problems. The U.S. team will be accompanied again by head coach Po-Shen Loh (Carnegie Mellon University) and deputy coach Razvan Gelca (Texas Tech University)."

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