Canadian IMO Summer Training Camp 2008

Location: Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario

Dates: June 27 to July 9, 2008

Summer camp participants, including local students

IMO team members and trainers

Schedule and handouts

Mock Olympiads: problems, solutions
Many of the problems used in the mock olympiads were taken out of the 2007 IMO Shortlist. A scanned version of the IMO Shortlist may be found here (to view this file, you'll need a djvu viewer such as WinDjView). Alternatively, you may view the IMO Compendiums's version of the shortlist here.

Friday, June 27, 2008

• Media event at Fields Institute, University of Toronto
• Transfer to Wilfrid Laurier University

Saturday, June 28, 2008

• Morning: Geometry "Mathematical Auction", Christopher Small
• Afternoon: Appetizer questions, Ed Wang
  Extremal Principle and Invariance Principle, Felix Recio
• Evening: Writing Solutions, Lindsey Shorser

Sunday, June 29, 2008

• Morning: Circles, Yufei Zhao, handout
• Afternoon: Euro Cup Finals!
• Evening: IMO 2006 documentary: Hard Problems

Monday, June 30, 2008

• Morning: Buffet Contest, problems, solutions
• Afternoon: Number Theory, Jacob Tsimerman, handout
  Team buys uniform trousers.
• Evening: Bowling night

Tuesday, July 1, 2008, Canada Day!

• Morning: Excursion to Elora to watch Canada Day parade
• Afternoon: Local students leave
• Evening: Visit Dr. Wang's home and watch fireworks.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

• Morning: Polynomials, Yufei Zhao, handout
• Afternoon: Graph Theory, Adrian Tang, handout

Thursday, July 3, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #2, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Algebra and Number Theory, Jacob Tsimerman, handout
• Evening: Movie night!

Friday, July 4, 2008

• Morning: Combinatorics, Yufei Zhao, handout
• Afternoon: Generating Functions, David Rhee, handout

Saturday, July 5, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #3, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Excursion to Stratford

Sunday, July 6, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #4, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Inequality, Felix Recio

Monday, July 7, 2008

• Morning: Geometry, Christopher Small
• Afternoon: Function Equations, Jacob Tsimerman, handout

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #5, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Miscelleneous Problems, Ed Barbeau

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

• Morning: Free time - laundry and packing
• Afternoon: Leave for airport
• Evening: Depart for Madrid

Thursday, July 10, 2008

• Morning: Arrive in Madrid
• Afternoon: Transfer to residence
  Training session with Swedish team.

Friday, July 11, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #6, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Inequalities, Yufei Zhao, handout

Saturday, July 12, 2008

• Morning: Training with Swedish team
• Afternoon: Geometry, Yufei Zhao, handout

Sunday, July 13, 2008

• Morning: Mock Olympiad #7, problems and solutions
• Afternoon: Excursion to Prado Museum

Monday, July 14, 2008

• Morning: Transfer to IMO venue

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