Worldwide Arithmetic Olympiad: Italian boys win six medals. And so they arrive, just like the Japanese, in 14th place

A number of days earlier than the beginning of the Olympics, different Olympics have already concluded: from 11 to 22 July, the Worldwide Mathematical Olympiad was held in Bathtub, UK. And the Italian group reached 14th place within the rankings, tied with Japan. And it obtained six medals for all six of its members.

The sixty fifth version with 108 nations

The sixty fifth Worldwide Mathematical Olympiad noticed the participation of 609 highschool college students below the age of 20, from 108 nations. Amongst them, solely 81 have been women. Specializing in the metallic of those medals, the measure of success will increase.

Who’re the Italian boys

Henry Zontafrom the Da Ponte highschool in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza) obtained, with 29 factors out of 42, a gold medal, thus bettering on the bronze medal gained final 12 months. With only one level much less Alessandro Lombardo of the Fermi highschool in Paternò (Catania) gained a silver medal, in addition to Raffaele Botticella of the Rummo highschool of Benevento, 24 factors, and Simone Melis of the Foresi Institute of Portoferraio (Livorno) with 23 factors. With 21 factors Edward Balistrthe scholars of the Volta highschool in Milan gained a bronze medal, in addition to Matilda Iannaccone of the Dini highschool in Pisa, with 18 factors, the primary Italian woman to win a medal after Maria Colombo who had gained three (a bronze, a silver and a gold) between 2005 and 2007 and who just some days in the past obtained one of many prizes of the European Mathematical Society (EMS).

The US in first place

These outcomes place Italy in 14th place, tied with Japan, within the 2024 nation rankings, which sees america in first place with 192 factors, adopted by China with 190 factors and South Korea with 168 factors. In fourth place is the Indian group, which obtains its greatest consequence ever.

In reminiscence of Maryam Mirzakhani

In the course of the award ceremony, the Mirzakhani Awards have been additionally offered, in reminiscence of Maryam Mirzakhani (the Iranian mathematician who died at 40 in 2017, the primary girl to obtain the Fields Medal in 2014), to the primary competitor from every continent. The primary particular person, the Chinese language Haojia Shi who obtained full factors (42 out of 42), was as a substitute awarded by Terence Tao.