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SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS: 6 MEDALS IN THE 2020 IMC STUDENT COMPETITION

The University of Athens Mathematics team  won two gold medals, one  silver and three bronze  medals at the 27th International Mathematics Competition IMC (International Mathematics Competition) held online from 25 to 30 July.

In detail the group consisted of:

Kyprianos Iason Prodromidis (gold)

Dimitrios Chrysovalantis Melas (gold)

Nikolaos Gkoumas (silver)

Sotiris  Armeniakos (bronze)

Panagiotis Theodoropoylos (bronze)

Christos Pandis (bronze)

This is a remarkable achievement, which is being added to a series of successes students of our University had in the past in similar competitions.

In particular, one should comment on the performance of D.C. Melas, who although a freshman managed to win a gold medal, competing with senior students.

The IMC competition is the world's largest student mathematics competition organized by University College London. Students compete two days on four problems a day. It has been running since 1994 with the participation of top US and European Universities. Students of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Athens have been participating from the academic year 2007-08 to the present day, with significant successes each year. Due to the pandemic, this year the competition was held online and was attended by 546 students from 44 countries.