LENINGRAD MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIADS (1961-1991‪)‬

This book covers thirty years of the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, which was, ostensibly, the very first formally organized, open, official city-level mathematical contest in the world. Founded in 1934 by a group of dedicated Soviet mathematicians, it played an outstanding (and often underappreciated) role in creating the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) school of mathematics of the 20th century.

The book begins with the extensive introduction containing two prefaces (one of them written specifically for this edition), a large historical survey of the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, a section describing the logistical side of the contest, and a small chapter dedicated to the very first Mathematical Olympiad held in 1934, whose problems were recently found in the Soviet-era library archives.

The main text contains approximately 1,100 highly original questions for students of grades 5 through 10 (ages 11–12 through 17–18) offered at the two concluding rounds of the Leningrad City Mathematics Olympiads in the years of 1961–1991. Full solutions, hints and answers are provided for all questions with very rare exceptions.

It also includes 120 additional questions, offered at the various mathematical contests held in Leningrad over the same thirty-year period — on average, their difficulty is somewhat higher than that of the regular Mathematical Olympiad problems.

Contents:
Introduction:Preface to the English Language EditionPreface to the Original Russian EditionBrief Historical OverviewOlympiad: The Inside LookThe First OlympiadNotation and TerminologyProblems:From 1961 to 1991Solutions:From 1961 to 1991Miscellany:Additional ProblemsProblem Classification GuideList of AuthorsBibliography
Readership: From middle to high school students, parents, teachers and trainers interested in mathematics competitions. All math enthusiasts of any age who are keen on mathematical problem solving.

Dmitri Fomin currently works in software and applied mathematics related to the signal processing in wireless communications. He has extensive background in mathematical education: having worked with high school students in 1982–1994, to being an assistant professor and senior lecturer at the St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, in 1988–1994. He has also served as Executive Secretary of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Math Olympiad in 1986–1994.He has authored several books on mathematical contests and extracurricular education (two of which are in English). He has also published more than thirty articles on math education and contests, combinatorics, topology, and algebra.