Winners of the Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

Congratulations to the winners of the Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022-23 and a big thank you to all participants! A strong competition made the choices difficult for the Competition Committee, with often subtle differences in the proofs determining each place winners.

Solutions of the problems can be found here.

The results of the competition are:

1st place winner:

Julia Volovich (Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge).

2nd place winner:

Jiayi Meng (The King’s School, Grantham).

3rd place winner:

Anastasiia Nosyk (Blundell’s School, Tiverton).

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2022–23

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For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher) submit your typed or neatly written (and scanned in a single pdf file) solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk with “Maths Challenge” in subject line. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 6 January, 2023. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The prize-giving ceremony will be organized in February 2023, possibly as an online event. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.

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Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2021/2022


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For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher) submit your typed or neatly written (and scanned in a single pdf file) solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk with “Maths Challenge” in subject line. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 6 January, 2022. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The prize-giving ceremony will be organized at the end of January — beginning of February 2022, possibly as an online event. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.competition-21-22-problems

 

Awards Ceremony for Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2020/2021


The Awards Ceremony for Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2020/2021 will be held as an online meeting on MS Teams on Saturday the 13th of February at 15:00 and will last about an hour. 
 
All participants, their teachers, friends, family and members of the public are welcome!
As a participant you will receive a meeting invitation link. If you are a member of the public – please email to maths@lincoln.ac.uk before 12 February to receive an invitation to the online event. 
 
The ceremony will also include a public online lecture
by Prof. Evgeny Khukhro
“The role of Algebra in Mathematics”,
which will have interesting facts but also open the door to see a glimpse of modern algebra research. 
 
 

This year there will be no physical trophies – all trophies will be virtual as an image and will be sent by email.

 
 

 

 

 

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2020/2021


For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher) submit your typed or neatly written (and scanned in a single pdf file) solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk with “Maths Challenge” in subject line. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 5 January, 2021. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.

 

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2019/2020

For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher), or one of our prizes for runners-up, submit your typed or neatly written solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk or by post to Mathematics Challenge, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 10 December, 2019. The prize-giving ceremony will be held in Lincoln on 15 January 2020. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2018/2019

For a chance to win the first prize (£100 Amazon voucher), or one of our prizes for runners-up, submit your typed or neatly written solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk or by post to Mathematics Challenge, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 7 January, 2019. The prize-giving ceremony will be held in Lincoln on 6 February 2019. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.

 

 

 

 

 

Lincoln Mathematics Challenge 2017/18

Submit your typed or neatly written solutions of the following problems to maths@lincoln.ac.uk or by post to Mathematics Challenge, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS. Please include your full name, postal address and email, as well as the name and address of your school. The closing date is 10 January, 2018. The prize-giving ceremony will be held in Lincoln on 7 February 2018. It is possible to win a prize even if you have not completed all of the questions, so you are encouraged to submit solutions if you do only some of the problems. The competition is open to all young pre-university people in UK aged 15–18 years. It is not open to current university students. See full Terms and Conditions. The problems can also be downloaded from here.

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