Competitions

You can participate in a variety of competitions in mathematics, applied mathematics, or computer science.Except for the local problem contests, these are annual contests of regional, national, or international scope. Davidson regularly participates in all of these and students have been successful in all.

On-Campus

Local Problem Contests

Check the board in the Mathematics Hall, located outside the mathematics faculty offices in Chambers, for the current challenges. These problems rotate every few weeks, as solutions and new problems are posted. The faculty regularly post a the D.H. Hill Problem for the Davidson community and offer a modest prize to the solver. Depending on student interest and leadership, problems are posted from national organizations such as the MAA and/or ASCM. See Prof. Stephen Davis (stdavis@davidson.edu) if you have questions or are interested in being a student leader.

Off-campus

Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest
Regional problem solving contest administered locally on a mid-fall Saturday. See Prof. Mossinghoff to participate.

Putnam Mathematical Competition 
National problem solving contest administered locally on the first Saturday in December. See Prof. Mossinghoff to participate.

Mid-Atlantic Programming Contest 
A part of the  ACM international contest, this regional competition consists of teams of three students programming in C, C++ or Java to solve several posed problems in a five hour period on a Saturday in November. See Prof. Mossinghoff or Yerger for information.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling 
International competition in applied mathematics for teams of students over a weekend in February. Administered locally by the MAT 210 Mathematical Modeling instructor.

Math Jeopardy 
Live competition between teams of four students from each of 32 colleges at the annual MAA Southeastern Section meeting around March. See the department chair.

IGEM
International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition, is held at MIT is the culmination of undergraduate research by interdisciplinary teams of students. See Prof. Heyer for information.