Československá matematická olympiáda v 50. letech 20. století
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Technical University of Liberec
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S Matematickou olympiádou se dnes setkávají již žáci 5. ročníku ZŠ. Je pro ně jednou ze soutěží, které se zohledňují při přijímání na víceletá gymnázia. Většina učitelů matematiky však tuší, že se jedná o nejstarší z předmětových olympiád. V tomto příspěvku nahlédneme do historie prvních osmi ročníků, a to od vzniku československé matematické olympiády v roce 1951 do vzniku Mezinárodní matematické olympiády v roce 1959, přičemž se zaměříme na obraz soutěže v očích matematiků, kteří ji pořádali, a veřejnosti, včetně soutěžících.
Nowadays, pupils encounter Mathematical Olympiad already in the 5th grade. For them, it is one of the competitions considered during the admission procedure to selective secondary schools. However, most mathematics teachers know that it is the oldest from school subject Olympiads. In this contribution, we look at the history of the competition during its first eight years, namely from the founding of the Czechoslovak Mathematical Olympiad in 1951 until the founding of the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1959, while we will mainly focus on the image of the competition in the eyes of the mathematicians who organised it as well as in the eyes of the public, including the competitors.
Nowadays, pupils encounter Mathematical Olympiad already in the 5th grade. For them, it is one of the competitions considered during the admission procedure to selective secondary schools. However, most mathematics teachers know that it is the oldest from school subject Olympiads. In this contribution, we look at the history of the competition during its first eight years, namely from the founding of the Czechoslovak Mathematical Olympiad in 1951 until the founding of the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1959, while we will mainly focus on the image of the competition in the eyes of the mathematicians who organised it as well as in the eyes of the public, including the competitors.
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Mathematical Olympiad, competitions in mathematics, history of mathematics education
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1210-9037