Since 1958, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Santa Clara University sponsored an annual High School Mathematics Contest. Designed to test mathematical ingenuity, the contest rewarded winners with cash prizes. For most of its history, the contest was directed by Professor Leonard Klosinski. Professor Klosinski’s retirement (and advancement to the status of Professor Emeritus) and the pandemic have disrupted the regular rhythm of the contest, and no competition was held in 2020. We plan to reinvent the contest as a different kind of outreach activity, possibly in conjunction with the Julia Robinson Math Festival.
Watch this space for our new activity, which, like the contest, will be held annually on campus on a Saturday in early November. We do hope to be able to welcome high school students to visit our campus by November, 2021.
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The first twenty-five exams were published in the book, Santa Clara Silver Anniversary Contest Book, by G.L. Alexanderson, A. Hillman, L.F. Klosinski, D. Logothetti (Palo Alto: Dale Seymour Publications, 1985). (This book is now out of print.)
Statistics about recent exams are:
Date | Contest | Contestants |
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November 15, 2014 | 57th Contest | 184 |
November 16, 2013 | 56th Contest | 223 |
November 10, 2012 | 55th Contest | 233 |
November 12, 2011 | 54th Contest | 201 |
November 13, 2010 | 53rd Contest | 215 |
November 14, 2009 | 52nd Contest | 332 |
November 15, 2008 | 51st Contest | 231 |
November 10, 2007 | 50th Contest | 277 |
November 11, 2006 | 49th Contest | 255 |
November 12, 2005 | 48th Contest | 275 |
November 13, 2004 | 47th Contest | 258 |
November 8, 2003 | 46th Contest | 230 |
November 9, 2002 | 45th Contest | 238 |
November 10, 2001 | 44th Contest | 143 |
November 11, 2000 | 43rd Contest | 254 |
November 13, 1999 | 42nd Contest | 232 |
November 14, 1998 | 41st Contest | 363 |
November 15, 1997 | 40th Contest | 384 |
November 16, 1996 | 39th Contest | 358 |
November 11, 1995 | 38th Contest | 296 |
November 12, 1994 | 37th Contest | 298 |