Baltic Way (mathematical contest)

For the 1989 demonstration, see Baltic Way.

The Baltic Way mathematical contest has been organized annually since 1990, usually in early November, to commemorate the Baltic Way demonstration of 1989. Unlike most international mathematical competitions, Baltic Way is a true team contest. Each team consists of five secondary-school students, who are allowed and expected to collaborate on the twenty problems during the four and a half hours of the contest.[1]

Originally, the three Baltic states participated, but the list of invitees has since grown to include all countries around the Baltic Sea; Germany sends a team representing only its northernmost parts, and Russia a team from St. Petersburg. Iceland is invited on grounds of being the first state to recognize the newfound independence of the Baltic states. Extra "guest" teams are occasionally invited at the discretion of the organizers: Israel was invited in 2001, Belarus in 2004 and 2014, Belgium in 2005 and South Africa in 2011. Responsibility for organizing the contest circulates among the regular participants.[2]

History

Year Location Teams Winning team Second place Third place
1990 Riga, Latvia 3 Latvia ? ?
1991 Tartu, Estonia 6[3] Latvia ? ?
1992 Vilnius, Lithuania 8 Denmark St. Petersburg Poland
1993 Riga, Latvia 8 Poland Latvia Estonia
1994 Tartu, Estonia 9 St. Petersburg Latvia Poland
1995 Västerås, Sweden 9 Poland Latvia Sweden
1996 Valkeakoski, Finland 10 Poland Latvia Sweden
1997 Copenhagen, Denmark 11 Poland Germany Estonia & Sweden[4]
1998 Warsaw, Poland 11 Latvia Estonia Poland
1999 Reykjavík, Iceland 10 Estonia Sweden Norway
2000 Oslo, Norway 10 Poland Latvia Estonia
2001 Hamburg, Germany 11 Israel Estonia Latvia[5]
2002 Tartu, Estonia 11 St. Petersburg Norway Lithuania
2003 Riga, Latvia 11 St. Petersburg Poland Estonia
2004 Vilnius, Lithuania 12 St. Petersburg Poland Belarus
2005 Stockholm, Sweden 12 Poland Finland St. Petersburg
2006 Turku, Finland 11 St. Petersburg Poland Lithuania
2007 Copenhagen, Denmark 11 Poland St. Petersburg Germany[6]
2008 Gdańsk, Poland 11 Poland Germany St. Petersburg
2009 Trondheim, Norway 11 St. Petersburg Poland Finland
2010 Reykjavík, Iceland 10 Poland Lithuania Germany
2011 Greifswald, Germany 11 Poland Latvia Germany
2012 Tartu, Estonia 11 St. Petersburg Poland Lithuania
2013 Riga, Latvia 11 Latvia St. Petersburg Poland
2014 Vilnius, Lithuania 12 St. Petersburg Germany Poland

Notes

  1. ↑ Forewords in Better (1997), Nummert, Willemson (2002), Villemoes (2007); see below.
  2. ↑ Lists of results in first reference below and web sites linked there and in the next two references.
  3. ↑ 2 teams from each of 3 countries - Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania.
  4. ↑ No tie-breaker rules of Baltic Way 1997 found.
  5. ↑ Norway is placed in 4th, according to the tie-breaker rules of Baltic Way 2001.
  6. ↑ Estonia & Lithuania are placed in 4th, according to the tie-breaker rules of Baltic Way 2007.

External links and references

Problems, solutions, results and links (some of them broken) to web sites 1990-2010

Estonian Math Competitions. "Baltic Way Mathematical Contests". Retrieved 2012-05-24.

Problems, solutions and links (one broken) to web sites 1990-2010

Organisers, Baltic Way 2011. "Earlier BW's". Retrieved 2012-05-24.

Baltic Way 2012 web site

Organisers, Baltic Way 2012. "Baltic Way '12, Tartu, Estonia". Retrieved 2013-01-31.

Problems

Marcus Better (1997). Baltic way 1990-1996: mathematical team competition. Stockholm, Sweden: Department of Mathematics (link valid 2012-05-24), University of Stockholm. Library information retrieved 2012-05-24.

Uve Nummert, Jan Willemson (2002). Baltic Way Mathematical Team Contest 1997-2001. Tartu, Estonia: Estonian Mathematical Society (link valid 2012-05-24). ISBN 9985-9235-9-6.

Rasmus Villemoes (2007). Baltic Way 2002-2006. Problems and solutions. Århus, Denmark: Department of Mathematical Sciences (link valid 2012-05-24), University of Aarhus. Online and print versions retrieved 2012-05-24.

Art of Problem Solving Community. "International Competitions Baltic Way". Retrieved 2012-05-24.

IMO Compendium Group. "Baltic Way". Retrieved 2012-05-24.