Art of Problem Solving

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For the similarly named 501(c)3 non-profit corporation see Art of Problem Solving Foundation.

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is a mathematics education company founded by Richard Rusczyk in 2003.[1] It markets and sells textbooks and online courses for middle school and high school students.

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[edit] History

A set of two books by the same name, The Art of Problem Solving, was coauthored by Richard Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky. The books, which are about 750 pages together, are for students who were interested in mathematics or competing in mathematics competitions.

Volume 1: The Basics is appropriate for students just beginning in math contests,[2] while Volume 2: and Beyond is for more advanced students.[3] Both books feature hundreds of problems from actual mathematics competitions, such as the American Mathematics Competitions, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad, the Mandelbrot Competition, Mu Alpha Theta, Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly magazine, and the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Rusczyk founded the Art of Problem Solving website after publishing the two books. Valentin Vornicu founded MathLinks in 2002 and merged it with AoPS in 2004. A wiki powered by MediaWiki was added to the website in 2006.[4]

[edit] Staff

The current staff of AoPS includes the following:

[edit] Projects

[edit] USAMTS

Main article: USA Mathematical Talent Search

AoPS administrates the USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS), one of the USA's selection processes to the AIME and eventually the International Mathematics Olympiad.[5]

[edit] Books

AoPS publishes a series of mathematical creative problem solving textbooks, in a range of difficulties and hosts an online bookstore, selling books from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and from various math competitions such as MathCounts and the AMC.[6]

[edit] AoPS on the Internet

AoPS administers online courses at its website, designed for advanced mathematics topics for students from grades 7 to 12. Some courses prepare students for competitions like the AIME and Mathcounts. It also hosts a large mathematics forum for middle and high schools and college levels. In addition to that is an interactive game called "For The Win". It is designed for middle school students and high school freshmen. They can test themselves against each other, solving problems from past MATHCOUNTS and AMC competitions. The students can also review their answers and chat about the answers during the games. Another feature is "Alcumus", an interactive program that supplies problems (also from MATHCOUNTS and AMC), shows answers, and suggests relative video lessons.

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Us, AoPS web site
  2. ^ The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 1: the Basics, AoPS web site
  3. ^ The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2: and Beyond, AoPS web site
  4. ^ "New Aops Wiki"., AoPS forum
  5. ^ "USA Mathematical Talent Search home page".
  6. ^ "AoPS Bookstore".

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