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The annual global math rush is coming. June 7 news, 2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition announced the final list, more than 50,000 applicants worldwide only 685 finalists, accounting for 1.3%. The finals will be online on June 17, when the global math community begins to look forward to a new wave of future mathematicians.

Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition is the world's largest online mathematics competition, having been held five times since 2018. "Assai" was initiated by China Association of Science and Technology, Alibaba Public Welfare and Ali Dharma Institute. "Assai" is the first in mathematics, with no registration threshold and online competition, creating space for mathematics enthusiasts from all over the world to participate to the maximum extent.

Tian Gang, president of the Chinese Mathematics Society and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said: "Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition is the first mathematics competition independently organized by Chinese enterprises, which will play an important role in stimulating the enthusiasm of the public in mathematics and promoting the development of mathematics education and Chinese mathematics. "

Alibaba said mathematics is the foundation of all natural sciences and a powerful engine for scientific and technological progress. Ali firmly and continuously invests in Basic scientific research. In the future, Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition will be held one after another to jointly promote mathematics Basic scientific research and mathematics talent cultivation with all walks of life.

This year's qualifiers were held in April, with more than 50,000 applicants, 685 of whom successfully advanced to the finals. They come from 19 countries, including European and American countries with strong mathematics schools, Asian countries that pay more and more attention to basic mathematics education and Basic scientific research, China, Singapore, Vietnam and other seven Asian countries have been promoted. On June 17, contestants will answer questions online for eight hours in a row for the final competition.

Map of finalists

This competition continues to invite 33 top young mathematicians to form a proposition group to explore mathematical talents with innovative ability and scientific research potential with professional, open and interesting competition questions. In addition, the organizing committee has prepared a unique competition question for the whole society without standard answer: telling the story of you and mathematics in a mathematical way, which leads many contestants to open their minds and depict the inextricable links between abstract mathematics and real life in various ways.

A contestant's answer

Mathematics is the heroic dream of many people in ordinary life. The contestants of "Assai" also come from thousands of industries. Among them, there are criminal police officers, screenwriters, lawyers, welders, couriers, etc. For them, enjoying the happiness of mathematics is more important than pursuing ranking. Sun Jinyuan, Tianjin's courier brother, signed up for this year's competition. He was addicted to Euler's constant. After busy work, he proved 13 formulas related to Euler's constant for two weeks in a row."Mathematics won't lie to you. It's very certain. You didn't do it, that is, you didn't do it. "

According to statistics, the five sessions of "Assai" have attracted more than 250,000 applicants from more than 70 countries and regions around the world, covering six continents around the world. The winners cover Peking University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Paris Normal University and other top mathematics universities in the world. Every year, a group of future stars in mathematics appear in "A Sai." Wei Dongyi, a young mathematician of Peking University, is one of the gold medal winners of the first competition; Yao Yuan, the gold medal winner of the fourth competition, and Zhang Shengtong, the silver prize winner of "Post-00," published papers in the Annual Journal of Mathematics for solving the mathematical problem "Finding the Maximum Value of Isoangular Lines in High-dimensional Space" at the undergraduate stage.

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2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition Finalists

2023 Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition Qualifying Questions and Answers

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