May 27, 2008

A review of the Hard Problems DVD has been posted at the UNI High newspaper web site in addition to an article about Alex Zhai's participation in the film.

Charles Ashbacher has also written a review of the film.

April 18, 2008

The Deluxe edition of "Hard Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest" is now available from the MAA and from The Art of Problem Solving.

The Deluxe edition DVD contains the entire 82-minute feature film, a 45-minute classroom version, 52-minutes of bonus scenes, a 82-page pdf of the 2006-2007 IMO problems and their solutions by Zuming Feng.

 

January 8, 2008

The Mathematical Association of America presents the world premiere screening of Hard Problems: The Road to the World’s Toughest Math Contest. A feature documentary film produced and directed by George Csicsery for the MAA, Hard Problems tells the story of the extraordinarily gifted students who represented the United States in 2006 at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The film will premiere on January 8, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego.

See:

http://www.maa.org/news/121007hardproblems.html

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_program.html

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