Mathematical Olympiads for Secondary Students: What is their effect on successful contestants? A Conversation in Five Parts

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Born and educated in Moscow, Alexander Soifer has for 33 years been a Professor at the University of Colorado, teaching math, and art and film history. He has published over 200 articles, and a good number of books. In the past 3 years, 6 of his books have appeared in Springer: The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators; Mathematics as Problem Solving: How Does One Cut a Triangle?; Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics; Ramsey Theory Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; and Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations. He has founded and for 29 years ran the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad. Soifer has also served on the Soviet Union Math Olympiad (1970-1973) and USA Math Olympiad (1996-2005).