Participants from five countries became winners of the XI Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad

The 11th Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad concluded in Maykop. It was held from March 13 to 18. This year, 154 schoolchildren from 13 countries and 21 regions of Russia participated. After two rounds of the Olympiad, Russia had the highest number of winners, with four gold medals. Among the international participants, teams from Serbia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan achieved the best results, each winning two gold medals. Additionally, a student from Armenia also earned a gold medal.

"Thank you for attending and participating in the Olympiad. We look forward to seeing many of the girls again soon, this fall, at the Assara Mathematical Olympiad for Girls. We invite you to join our summer schools and participate in our joint projects with the Orlyonok All-Russian Children's Center. We are always delighted to welcome you to Adygea!" said Daud Mamiy, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad and Rector of ASU.

The Olympiad was held in two rounds, both in person and remotely. Students from Turkey, Armenia, Uzbekistan, and Abkhazia competed in person. They were joined remotely by their peers from the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Peru, and the Republic of Belarus. Russia was represented by high school students from the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Kurgan, Penza, Rostov, Samara, and Saratov regions; the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories; the Donetsk People's Republic; Karachay-Cherkessia; the Lugansk People's Republic; Adygea; Dagestan; Kalmykia; Crimea; North Ossetia-Alania; Ingushetia; Chechnya; the Federal Territory "Sirius"; and the city of Sevastopol.

Winners were determined in two age categories: junior league (grades 8-9) and senior league (grades 10-11)

Among the juniors, first-degree diplomas were awarded to Russian athletes Ibrahim Dzhabrailov (Republic of Dagestan) and Artur Ilaev (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), as well as to Tigran Akhean from Armenia.

In the Senior League, gold medals were awarded to representatives of Russia: Danil Matveev (Republic of Adygea) and Kerim Tagirov (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), as well as to Vladimir Lukic and Nina Shusic from Serbia, Elshod Uralov and Abdulaziz Radjabov from Uzbekistan, and Tugra Eratli and Poyraz Kochulu from Turkey.

Out of the 17 students from Adygea who participated in the Olympiad, seven received awards. All of them were students at the Republican School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. In addition to gold, Yara Mamiy and Roman Kuznetsov received second-place diplomas, while Arseniy Stepanenko, Saniyat Mirzaalieva, Vadim Mitrofanov, and Alexey Neopryatyny received third-place diplomas.

Nikita Shpak from the Federal Territory "Sirius" and Ilya Zaychenko from the Krasnodar Territory received special certificates from the Coordinating Council of the Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad.

This year, the jury awarded a special diploma to the region that demonstrated the best overall performance at the Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad. To determine the winner, the two highest results from each region's representatives across all leagues were combined. As a result, the prize was awarded to the team from Rostov-on-Don.

During the Olympiad, students participated in a variety of activities, including scientific lectures, educational workshops, the "Integral City" city math quest, excursions, and meetings with renowned scientists. The Olympiad's educational program featured distinguished Russian scientists and science communicators. Among them were Andrey Raigorodsky, the director of the Phystech School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at MIPT and scientific director of the ASU CMC; Alexey Savvateev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and professor at ASU; Hayk Sargsyan, Head of the Laboratory of Physics of Nano- and Mesostructures at the Institute of Applied Problems of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia; and Kamo Atayan, Head of the Department for the Popularization of Science and Development Programs at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Additionally, the program included Danila Demin, a gold medalist of the International Mathematical Olympiad (2020), member of the jury of the All-Russian School Olympiad in Mathematics, and a three-time winner of the Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad, as well as several ASU scientists.

For the first time, Academician Alexander Sergeev, Scientific Director of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics and an esteemed member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, participated in the Olympiad program. During an open lecture as part of the "Time of Science" project and a meeting with students, he discussed emerging energy sources that have the potential to revolutionize global geopolitics and economics. He also highlighted ongoing projects at the National Center for Physics and Mathematics—a groundbreaking new academic campus of the 21st century currently under construction in the southern Nizhny Novgorod region, near the Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov. Additionally, Academician Sergeev outlined promising career prospects for young scientists and the opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students involved in the WAV scientific program and projects by the Rosatom State Corporation.

“When discussing the study of the microworld, numerous mathematical questions emerge to describe the physical phenomena essential for understanding the structure of the Universe. The Caucasus Mathematical Olympiad gathered students from various countries and regions of Russia who are deeply passionate about mathematics. Therefore, I believe that sharing information about this application of mathematics, as well as the prospects of the NCFM projects, can strengthen their motivation to study the subject and potentially help some of them chart their future educational and research paths," commented Alexander Sergeev.

The Olympiad was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Adygea, the Caucasian Mathematical Center at Adyghe State University, the Republican School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the Polaris-Adygea Educational Center. Sber and ITV Group, a Russian security software developer, partnered with the 11th Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad to support the development of mathematics education and to foster talent among young researchers.

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The Caucasian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) has been held since 2015. Over the years, nearly 1,500 schoolchildren from 26 regions of Russia and 22 countries have participated.

The jury and problem committee for the Olympiad include renowned Russian mathematicians and educators, coaches of the Russian national mathematics team, gold and silver medalists of the International Mathematical Olympiad from various years, and jury members of the All-Russian School Mathematics Olympiad. Among them are Kirill Sukhov and Pavel Kozhevnikov , coaches of the Russian team at the International Mathematics Olympiad, and Nazar Agakhanov, chairman of the central subject and methodological commission of the All-Russian School Mathematics Olympiad .

The official slogan of the CMO Math The World Olympiad is "Mathematics Unites the World." Its aim is to foster a unified cultural and educational space and strengthen friendly ties between mathematics-enthusiastic schoolchildren from Russia and other countries.