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| Mar 8, 2012 at 11:52 | history | edited | Liviu Nicolaescu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 28, 2012 at 18:59 | comment | added | user9072 | Agreed. I think I interpreted your 'encourage' stronger than it seems it was meant. To inform about them/give the possibilty to participate seems certainly fine. Only, what would seem not so good to me is to somehow (indirectly) give the impression that participating or doing well in such competitions is some sort of necessity. | |
| Feb 28, 2012 at 18:33 | comment | added | Liviu Nicolaescu | That is true. It's still worth a try. Only then one can be sure if math competition is an appropriate avenue for a particular individual. In any case, a look at the list of past winners of Putnam Competition or International Olympiad competition shows participation does not heart either. | |
| Feb 28, 2012 at 17:42 | comment | added | user9072 | "Encourage him to participate at competitions" not so sure about this as a general advice. Whether such competitions are 'good' in my opinion depends a lot on individual personality. And it seems to me that some sucesseful participatnts in such competitions that later became well-known mathematicians in retrospect do not consider them as that useful for their development either. | |
| Feb 28, 2012 at 11:11 | history | answered | Liviu Nicolaescu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |