The Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, opens in a new window is a mathematics competition for undergraduate university students. It began in 2017 and is modelled on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, opens in a new window.
The annual competition is usually held in October. See the competition website, opens in a new window for more details about the comp.
2024 Competition
The 2024 competition was held on Saturday 12 October.
Prizes
The School of Mathematics and Statistics offers internal prizes for the best-performing UNSW students in the following categories:
- $1000 each to the two highest-scoring individual entrants.
- $1000 each ($500 for each member) to the two highest-scoring pairs.
Some past papers for the Simon Marais and William Lowell Putnam competitions are available:
- Simon Marais: SMMC website, opens in a new window
- William Lowell Putnam: past papers and past results, opens in a new window
If you have any questions, please email David Harvey (d.harvey@unsw.edu.au).
CPMSoc, opens in a new window (The UNSW Competitive Programming and Mathematics Society) and MathSoc, opens in a new window (UNSW Mathematics Society) often run mock contests in Term 3 before the competition.