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Maths Enrichment Programme UCD + Maths Olympiad

  • 06-11-2012 11:04pm
    #1
    Leinsterr
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 401 ✭✭


    My principal told me on Monday that UCD invited me and one of my mates to attend these maths enrichment classes in UCD because our Junior Cert results were one of the highest in the country. It seems interesting but just wondering if anyone who attended it before thought it was worthwhile. Also what's the maths olympiad? I'm in 4th year btw.


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  • #2
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I'd jump at the chance, if you like mathematics. You'll get exposure to stuff you won't see on the LC course. I went on it about 25 years ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It consisted of about 4 weeks in one of the larger lecture halls (about 100 students), then there was a test that whittled that down to about 20 (I made it to this stage) and then another few more weeks of lectures (all on a Saturday morning) and finally another test to whittle the 20 down to 4/5? (I got canned at that stage!). There was all sorts of areas covered, combinatorics, prime numbers, graph theory etc - mostly in a whistle stop tour (most of it went over my head, but opened my eyes to the range of topics under the loose term "mathematics"). Some stuff might be on it now that wasn't back then (cryptography, perhaps, as it's very relevant to today's connected world)


  • #3
    TheBody
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    Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it!!!


  • #4
    Leinsterr
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 401 ✭✭Leinsterr


    TheBody wrote: »
    Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it Do it!!!
    Did u do it before?


  • #5
    TheBody
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    Leinsterr wrote: »
    Did u do it before?

    I work in a maths dept of a university. We train olympaid candidates every year. It's a fantastic experience. Try if for a while. If you don't like it, you don't have to keep going (but you'll love it!!).


  • #6
    Leinsterr
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 401 ✭✭Leinsterr


    TheBody wrote: »

    I work in a maths dept of a university. We train olympaid candidates every year. It's a fantastic experience. Try if for a while. If you don't like it, you don't have to keep going (but you'll love it!!).
    I've every intention of doing it but just wanted to know if it was worthwhile. Thanks 4 d advice.


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  • #7
    MathsManiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    I would definitely say that it's worthwhile, having known students who did it, and not knowing any who regretted it.

    Any time spent engaged in any activity related to mathematics is, by definition, time well spent!
    :)

    (The proof of this theorem is left as an exercise.)


  • #8
    Bobsammy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭Bobsammy


    It's a great idea to do it. Having taken part in it myself and now from watching some of my own students do it I think most people get a lot out of. It teaches you lots of different ways to think about problems. I'd also agree with the poster above that any time spent on mathematics is worthwhile!


  • #9
    Raeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭Raeral


    Definitely worthwhile. I did the lectures in Maynooth last year and I'm going back this year for their advanced lectures. Even if you don't understand everything it's a great help for problem solving in general :)


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