Valentin Vornicu

Valentin Vornicu is the founder of MathLinks. He was also the previous webmaster of the Art of Problem Solving.^[1]

Mathematics and education

Valentin Vornicu was a part of the Romanian team for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in 2001 and 2002.^[2] In 2002 he earned a bronze medal at the IMO. He graduated at the University of Bucharest in 2006, and got his Master's Degree in Algebra and Number Theory at the same University in 2008.^[3] Vornicu also, in 2007, discovered a generalized form of Schur's inequality, usually cited on online forums as "Vornicu-Schur inequality", which he published in a problem-solving book titled Olimpiada de Matematica.^[4]

MathLinks.ro and Art of Problem Solving

In 2002, Vornicu founded an educational resources company known as MathLinks.ro. In 2004, he merged the company with Art of Problem Solving, a company of which he was previously the webmaster. In 2010, he left the company, though he is still involved in teaching for the online school.

International Mathematical Olympiad

Vornicu was a 2-time IMO participant, having won a Honorable Mention in 2001, and a Bronze Medal in 2002, but his involvement with the IMO did not stop here. He was Observer A with the Romanian delegation at the IMO 2003 in Japan, Observer B at the IMO 2004 in Greece, a Coordinator at the IMO 2005 in Mexico as well as the IMO 2006 in Slovenia, Observer B at the IMO 2007 in Vietnam and again a Coordinator for the IMO 2008 in Spain. He co-wrote one of the problems used in the IMO 2004 test. Currently, he is tutoring rising students for mathematical olympiads part-time.

MathLinks Summer Program

Vornicu founded the MathLinks Summer Program^[5] in 2011. This is a newly created three-week residential math summer program for students ages 12 to 18, based in San Diego, California.

See also

• International Mathematics Olympiad

References