US wins International Mathematics Olympiad held in Chiang Mai.

[LarryBird]

Story here: http://www.npr.org/2015/07/18/424122249/theyre-no-1-u-s-wins-math-olympiad-for-first-time-in-21-years

I'm sure some will be happy to note that some of the US team is of Asian decent.

[NancyL]

It would be interesting to know the actual math problems they had to solve.

I saw these kids roaming around Kad Suan Kaew mall during breaks in the competition, which was held at the Lotus Hotel. I hope they had a chance to see more of Chiang Mai than that mall!

[Ghostnigel]

It was held in Thailand....they bought all the answers. Thailand also tried to buy the answers, but when they were told it's 520 baht per question....they couldn't work out how much they had to pay....lol

[TheAppletons]

It would be interesting to know the actual math problems they had to solve.

I saw these kids roaming around Kad Suan Kaew mall during breaks in the competition, which was held at the Lotus Hotel. I hope they had a chance to see more of Chiang Mai than that mall!

Problem 2: Determine all triples (a,b,c) of positive integers such that each of the numbers

(ab - c), (bc - a), and (ca - b]

is a power of 2.

(A power of two is an integer in the form of 2ⁿ, where 2ⁿ is a non-negative integer.)

https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx

[Ghostnigel]

It would be interesting to know the actual math problems they had to solve.

I saw these kids roaming around Kad Suan Kaew mall during breaks in the competition, which was held at the Lotus Hotel. I hope they had a chance to see more of Chiang Mai than that mall!

Problem 2: Determine all triples (a,b,c) of positive integers such that each of the numbers

(ab - c), (bc - a), and (ca - b]

is a power of 2.

(A power of two is an integer in the form of 2ⁿ, where 2ⁿ is a non-negative integer.)

https://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx

Either you have just won, or there is something wrong with your keyboard?

[losworld]

Really doesn't mean much. I think what is more important is how the kids in the schools are scoring not how an elite team is doing. It's like having a champion olympic team and a nation of everweight armchair quarterbacks.

[TheAppletons]

Really doesn't mean much. I think what is more important is how the kids in the schools are scoring not how an elite team is doing. It's like having a champion olympic team and a nation of everweight armchair quarterbacks.

I'm guessing you're not a fan of Spelling Bees either.

Nice job marginalizing someone else's accomplishment, btw. Very "TV Chiang Mai Forum" of you.