The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Competition took place on June 4 on the campuses of the University of Iowa, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. A total of 95 teams of 15 students each represented various regions of the United States and Canada.
The Michigan All-Stars were back at ARML in 2005. Twenty-five students, ARML and MMPC veterans, boarded the bus for Iowa City on June 3.
The Reals placed 15th in Division A, out of 27 teams, and the Naturals were 57th out of 68 teams in Division B. The Naturals, with a team of only 10 members, elected to compete for Michigan, and thus not accept alternates from other states. It was the youngest team we've had overall, and there was plenty of talent.
The contest consists of four parts: Team problems, 20 minutes for 10 problems; Power problem, one hour for a sequence of related problems requiring proof; Individual problems, eight problems, 10 minutes for each group of two; and the Relay, short problems requiring a number to be passed back to the next team member. Groups of three get six minutes to complete each of two Relays.
The coaches were Ruth Favro, LTU, John Fink, Kalamazoo College, Ada Dong, ICAE, and Hamza Ahmad, SVSU. Assistant coaches were Chris Cunningham, Shailesh Agarwal, and Douglas Li, all from UM. In addition, Nancy Colwell, SVSU, accompanied the team to Iowa. Many thanks go to Bob Messer, Albion College, founder of the All-Stars and coach since 1989, who retired from active coaching this year but gave his support in many other ways.
During the 2003_2004 academic year, 12,163 students from 269 schools in Michigan participated in the AMC competitions. Among them, 314 were AIME qualifiers and 2 were USAMO qualifiers. During the 2004_2005 academic year, 11,704 students from 259 schools participated in the AMC competitions. Among them, 332 were AIME qualifiers and 3 were USAMO qualifiers. The AMC Coordinator of the Michigan Section organized two celebration events for the winners of these two academic years, their teachers and their parents: an awards ceremony and a reception with Governor Granholm. The Awards Ceremony was held on September 12 at the Department of Mathematics, UM, with a stimulating mathematical presentation by Brian Conrad. On September 22, the Governor honored the students at the Michigan Capitol Building. The events were funded by AMC and sponsored by the Mathematics Department of UM and The Art of Problem Solving Foundation.
The current AMC Coordinator of MAA-Michigan is Ada C. Dong. Further information can be found at the Michigan Section MAA AMC Coordinator site: www.michmaa.org/amc/welcome.html.
Three Michigan college students were honored by the Section for their outstanding performances on the 2004 William Lowell Putnam Examination. They were Fernando Delgado, a junior from Caracas, Venezuela, (rank in 27.5 to 73), Christopher Cunningham, a senior from Bay City (rank 75.5 to 100), and Spencer Dowdall , a senior from Coral Springs, Florida (rank 110.5 to 195.5), all from UM-Ann Arbor.
Above Picture: The winners of the 2003-2004 AMC are congratulated by Governor Granholm.
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