The Olympiad generally refers to the International Mathematical Olympiad, which was held by the Hungarian mathematical community in 1894 to commemorate the mathematician Eotvos Roland.

In the first half of the 20th century, different countries organized all kinds of mathematics competitions at all levels, first in schools, then in regions, and then in the whole country, and gradually formed a pyramid competition system. The further development of national competitions naturally creates the necessary conditions for the formation of the highest international competition.

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The knowledge and application of basic mathematics is an indispensable part of individual and group life. The refinement of its basic concepts can be found in ancient mathematical documents of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and ancient India. Since then, its development has made small progress. But algebra and geometry at that time were still in an independent state for a long time.

Algebra can be said to be the most widely accepted "mathematics". It can be said that the first mathematics that everyone came into contact with since childhood was algebra, and algebra, as a subject of learning "numbers", is also one of the most important components of mathematics. Geometry is the earliest branch of mathematics studied by people.

Until the Renaissance in16th century, Descartes founded analytic geometry, which linked algebra and geometry which were completely separated at that time. The theorem of this geometry can be proved by calculation; At the same time, abstract algebraic equations can also be graphically represented, and later more detailed calculus was developed.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-International Mathematical Olympics

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Mathematics (Subject)