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Introduction
The pinnacle of all the mathematical competitions open to school students
is the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The first IMO was held in
Brasov, Romania in July, 1959. Seven countries participated in this olympiad: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, East
Germany, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Each country sent a team of 8
contestants, except the Soviet Union which sent only four. The second IMO
was held in the following year again in Romania. The participating
countries were again from Eastern Europe. Since then the number of
participating countries as well as that of contestants have increased
steadily and it has become the most prestigious international mathematical
competition. In recent years, there are more than 80 participating
countries and regions and close to 500 contestants at each IMO........ Read on
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