Mathematics Olympiad References

Below is a list of references that I have found useful in my involvement with Mathematics Olympiads. They are not in any particular order. I suspect some will be difficult to obtain. Never mind that, as there is a fair bit of overlap.
  1. Problem Solving Series, Dept. of Math. and Stat., Univ. of Otago, Booklets 1 - 15.
  2. The Tool-Chest, Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee, 1989.
  3. T. Hill, Mathematical Challenges II, (National Council of Teachers in Mathematics, 1974).
  4. F. Zorzitto, Euclidean Geometry, University of Waterloo, 1979.
  5. D. Shklarsky, N. Chentzov, I. Yaglom, The USSR Olympiad Problem Book, (W.H. Freeman and Co., 1962).
  6. J. N. Fujii, Puzzles and Graphs, (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington, 1966).
  7. E. Dynkin et. al., Mathematical Problems: An Anthology, (Gordon and Breach, 1969).
  8. A. Soifer, Mathematics as Problem Solving, (Colorado Springs, 1987).
  9. M. Charosh, Mathematical Challenges, (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington, 1965).
  10. H. Jacobs, Geometry, (W. H. Freeman and Co., 1974).
  11. Robert P. Burn, A pathway into number theory, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1982)
  12. Clayton W. Dodge, Numbers & mathematics, (Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, Boston, 1975)
  13. Ivan Niven, Herbert S. Zuckerman and Hugh L. Montgomery, An introduction to the theory of numbers, (Wiley, New York, 1991)
  14. Samuel L. Greitzer, International Mathematical Olympiads, 1959-1977, in New mathematical library 27, (Mathematical Association of America, Washington, 1978)
  15. Rudolf Lidl and Günter Pilz, Applied abstract algebra, (Springer-Verlag Undergraduate texts in mathematics, New York, 1984)
  16. Joe Roberts, Elementary number theory : a problem oriented approach, (M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1977)
Many other useful references may be found at the official International Mathematics Oympiads website.

Last updated: 24 March, 1999.

Greg Gamble
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