Proofathon Wants You!

Hey guys, I hope that this does not sound spammy, but I'm hoping to create (with my friend Cody) some sort of online, proof-based olympiad math contest henceforth denoted as Proofathon. Clearly as this is just a thought going through my mind, I'm looking for people to contribute (ideas and problems). If you feel like you want to do this, you can either join this group or email me at [email protected].

I'm looking for people who want to help

arrange everything
come up with problems
give proof-based problem solving resources
contribute any ideas
show popular demand
publicize (after all of the above are finished)

and more. I sure hope this will be a successful venture!

#Proofathon #Proofs #Competitions

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I would also like to say that if you join the Proofathon staff, you automatically receive copies of many of Titu Andreescu's olympiad books including

Mathematical Olympiad Challenges
Mathematical Olympiad Treasures
Geometry Problems on Maxima and Minima
Old and New Inequalities

and a couple others.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

You must be rich...

Justin Wong - 7 years, 10 months ago

Hey Oscar,

That sounds like a lot of fun. As you get a better idea of how you would want a Proofathon to work, and what you would like it to entail, let us know if we can help in any way.

Peter Taylor Staff - 7 years, 10 months ago

Thank you!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

Is it safe.?

Kishan k - 7 years, 10 months ago

Yusss

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

I think it is going to be a very big group..Congrats..

Kishan k - 7 years, 10 months ago

Thank you all for joining! And thank you Brilliant.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

How is this contest going to be held? On Brilliant? AoPS? It's own website? Either way, I'm looking forward to this. I'm not really good at coming up with problems, but there are many, many problems out there (e.g. from books or olympiads) which you could use.

Tim Vermeulen - 7 years, 10 months ago

It'll be held in its own website. Are you looking to join the staff or just participate? If it's the former, please join the group. If it's the latter, like our infant of a Facebook page here.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

What do you get to do if you are staff?

Frodo Baggins - 7 years, 10 months ago

@Frodo Baggins – You get to write problems, propose ideas about the contest itself, grade solutions, advertise, and organize overall.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

Dear Cody, I just saw this. Late, sorry! :)

I want to be on the staff, but I do not have a facebook, and do not plan on getting one. How can I join the staff?

Sarvasva Raghuvanshi - 7 years, 5 months ago

It seems like this would be quite similar to USAMTS. What would the differences be?

Bob Krueger - 7 years, 10 months ago

Hey i want to join too as a staff member and i can also help in designing and coding part as i'm somewhat equipped with C, HTML 5 and Actionscript 3 ! Love to help !

Ritvik Choudhary - 7 years, 10 months ago

So far we have 14 members. You should join, too!

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

hey, i am also keen to join ur website. I may help u with some of the chalanging problems.

AßHĨМANYU Singh - 7 years, 8 months ago

How do i work for proofathon?and become a staff in it.Please let me know.

Tejas Suresh - 6 years, 3 months ago

Hello Cody Johnson, May name is Surya . I want to join ur staff. I have even sent my mail.

Surya Prakash Bugatha - 6 years ago

What's that?

Jeffer Dave Cagubcob - 7 years, 10 months ago

A series of proof-based, Olympiad contests online, similar to the USAMO but much more frequent.

Cody Johnson - 7 years, 10 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$