lakehead helps young mathematicians prepare for annual competition
beginning february 12, the university's department of mathematics will be holding pre-contest tutorial sessions each tuesday from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in lakehead's ryan building, room 2023.
"once again we are happy to provide local area high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 with a chance to improve their problem solving skills," says dr. adam van tuyl, contest organizer and associate professor of mathematical sciences at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . "世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 who attend these tutorials will be able to try their hand at challenging problems, and will learn some strategies to tackle competition level questions." the competition is designed to challenge the brightest of young minds, and to stimulate mathematics interest among young people.
this year, the competition has received donations through an endowment grant presented by the canadian mathematical society, as well as from the event's major donor, td canada trust. these funds allow organizers to expand the contest beyond the boundary of thunder bay into other high schools across northwestern ontario. donations have also been received from the national sciences and engineering research council of canada (nserc), thunder bay ventures, thunder bay testing, bmo financial group, thunder bay hydro, engineering northwest, and the thunder bay chinese canadian association.
young mathematicians interested in the tutorials may contact dr. adam van tuyl at
807-343-8228.
the competition takes place in lakehead's ryan building from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on wednesday, april 30. visit http://math.lakeheadu.ca for additional contest details.
media: dr. adam van tuyl is available for media interview. please contact him directly at
807-343-8228 to arrange an interview time. if you have any questions regarding this media release, please contact heather scott, communications officer, 807-343-8177, commun@lakeheadu.ca; or eleanor abaya, director of communications, 807-343-8372, eabaya@lakeheadu.ca.
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