(IMO-2000) (fwd)

["Nicolau C. Saldanha" <nicolau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Esta carta está sendo enviada para obm-l e obm-coor
pois destina-se a todos os professores.
A IMO2000 pede problemas para o banco:
o Brasil precisa para firmar sua posição de participante sério
nas IMOs criar uma tradição de enviar problemas para os bancos.
Quem tiver sugestão de problemas envie para mim por correio comum
(*NÃO* por e-mail). Quem desejar enviar sugestões de problemas
por favor leve muito a sério a questão do sigilo.

[]s, N.

>   CALL FOR CONTEST PROBLEMS   41st INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD  
>July 13 - 25, 2000   This is a call for PROPOSALS FOR PROBLEMS for the 41st
> IMO in the year 2000. 
>Please send as many problems as you wish to be  considered for the
>competition.    Normally, problems will deal with the areas covered in  the
>previous IMO's such as 
>  geometry, inequalities, functions, 
>and elementary  probability, etc. Questions appeared in the previous IMO
>papers 
>indicate the  appropriate types of problems that might be acceptable. 
>Problems which do  not belong to any of the indicated areas are also
welcomed 
>if you strongly  believe that they are adequate enough for the contest. 
>However, the final  decision about the acceptability of any problem will of
>course 
>rest with the  International Jury.   As usual, all proposed problems will
>be reviewed by a  Korean committee 
>which will select about thirty problems to form the  Short-List for
>consideration 
>by the International Jury. On the official day  of arrival of the
>International Jury 
>in Korea, the members will be given the  short-listed problems to be
>considered 
>without solutions, and the solutions  will be handed out on the following
>day.   Please avoid problems that have been used in any other  regional,
>national or 
>international contests, or that have appeared in any  books, problem
>collections, 
>journals or other publications.   Statistics reveals that the number of
>proposed  problems has been considerably 
>decreasing in recent years, which we believe  will seriously endanger the
>future of IMO. 
>We strongly ask every  participating country to submit problems for the
>contest. 
>Surprising  presents will be prepared by the 41st IMO Organizing Committee
to 
>those  countries whose proposals are appeared in the Short-List.   Please
>submit each problem written in one of the  following official languages 
>of IMO (English, French, German, Russian -  English most preferred), and
>include 
>a SOLUTION for each problem, and a NOTE  indicating its origin.   Proposals
>for problems should be sent to the following  address to arrive no later 
>than APRIL 30, 2000. You may also submit the  problems via
>FAX(+82-2-567-7335). 
>Please understand, however, that e-mail  submission of the problems is not
>acceptable 
>because of security  reasons.   Problem Selection Committee, IMO-2000 
>KSTC Main  Bldg. 907
>635-4 Yoksam-Dong, Kangnam-Ku
>Seoul, 135-080, Republic of  Korea   I look forward to seeing you in Korea 
>2000!   Yours sincerely,      
>Chairman 
>Problem  Selection Committee
>IMO-2000