Abstract:

Mathematics and computer science education is of great importance to modern society. Unfortunately, the interest of young people in studying in these areas, especially in mathematics, is diminishing globally. Therefore, any attempt to stimulate this interest, especially if it combines in some form of competition a necessity of knowledge both in mathematics and in programming, and thus provokes the interest of young people in their deeper and systematic study, should invoke serious interest from academia around the world. It is precisely such an experience, which has already proved to be successful, to be the CompMath student computer mathematics Olympiad. The article presents the Seventh consecutive Olympiads in Computer Mathematics.

CompMath is an annual mathematical contest for university students. The main purpose of the competition is to raise students' interest in mathematics, computer algebra systems, and above all, to use these systems to solve mathematical tasks from practically all fields of purely theoretical as well as applied mathematics. This can be seen from the problems given at the contest. The competition serves as an excellent demonstration of the use of computer algebra systems for solving mathematical problems. The CompMath competition is unique. It has no equivalent on a global level and represents a major innovation in the field of education.

Keywords:

Math competition, university students, computer algebra systems.