How to use this board

rrusczyk

The Intermediate Topics board is for problems and questions that are beyond the basics, but not quite olympiad level. These are problems that might be on the AMC, AIME, Mandelbrot, or ARML. If you're not sure what level your problem or question is, you can generally use the other posts in the board as a guideline.

Generally, the Intermediate Topics board will include topics of high school math such as trigonometry, polynomials, conditional probability, logarithms, etc., as well as some broader beginning problem solving techniques such as basic problems in induction or the pigeonhole principle.

Moderators will occasionally post Challenge Problems (which will be designated as such) - if you feel you are already sufficiently advanced that most of the problems in this board are pretty easy for you, please leave the Challenge Problems for less experienced students. Anything not marked a challenge should be considered a question - we welcome our more experienced members to answer these questions. Also, if you are not a moderator but have a good Challenge Problem, please post it!

**Posted:** Sun Aug 17, 2003 8:21 am

JSRosen3

As the new moderator in town, I'd like to remind everyone that the level of problems posted on this board should adhere to the guidelines posted above by Mr. Rusczyk. In general, Olympiad problems should almost always be posted in one of the Advanced forums unless it is unusually easy. Recently, problems posted in both the Getting Started and Intermediate forums have been too difficult for their respective forums. Problems like this will be moved if necessary.

Solve away! Wink

**Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:06 pm

tetrahedr0n

Hello JSRosen3! Wow, I've been gone only about 4-5 weeks or so during summer vacation and mathcamp, and the intermediate forum has three new moderators! Cool.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:07 am

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tetrahedr0n

Recently, a large number of challenge problems have been posted in the Intermediate forum. Unfortunately, a number of them have been solved by people who are clearly above the intermediate level (more towards the IMO medalist level). Thus, I will remove any more such solutions and leave the problems open to more inexperienced solvers. Of course, anyone should answer questions.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 07, 2004 2:55 pm

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JSRosen3

A request to all users of this forum: please put your solutions in spoiler! Exceptions are made only if they involve a lot of LaTeX or the original poster specifically asked for help on a problem. It is really appreciated here!

Thank you!

**Posted:** Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:08 pm

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santosh_blr · Poincare Conjecture Offline Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 140

Hi Moderators

Can u ppl please help hit some site similar to these for solving challenging Intermediate/college level physics problems

thanks in advance
Santosh

**Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:08 am

joml88

I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you proposing that this site make sections for other sciences? If so, that has already been discussed and it would take a really convincing argument to get one built.

I think you meant to ask for some links to those kinds of sites. I really haven't extensively looked for message boards for other sciences, however. But I used to look at the following site a little bit:

www.scienceforums.net/forums/

I'm sure the other members could help find more...and I'm pretty sure there are other posts about stuff like this.

**Posted:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 2:19 pm

santosh_blr · Poincare Conjecture Offline Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 140

**Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:19 pm

white_horse_king88

This has just recently become an issue. Please refrain from posting homework problems in this forum. Thank you. This forum isn't an answering machine for homework - it's a place where mathematical ideas can be exchanged and discussed.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:33 pm

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in that part what posts i can answer

**Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:58 pm

amcavoy · Yang-Mills Theory Offline Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 922

How do you go about adding problems to the database?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:43 am

joml88

**Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:25 pm

4everwise

**Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:34 pm

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neelnal

Is it just me, or are the problems in this thread a bit more than AMC level.

Maybe on average an AIME #10?

**Posted:** Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:38 pm

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Genecks

What section does College Algebra go in? It's ironic because it has the word "College," but this is a high school board.

**Posted:** Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:50 am

1234567890

Assuming you're not talking about Group Theory, probably in High School Basics/ Middle School.

**Posted:** Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:30 pm

aayyaa · P versus NP Offline Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 24

please tell me how to use mathematical tools in typing,when i using this board.
is there need some software in my pc ?

**Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:52 am

bertram

**Posted:** Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:39 am

rt_08

hey fools y r u all emphasising on theoretical maths
if i ask u to make a practical application to all this theoretical **** would u be able to do anything if yes then reply me??????????
HELL?

**Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:01 am

10000th User

**Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:17 am

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