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Phillips Exeter Student Excels in Int'l Math Contest

Phillips Exeter Academy sophomore David Yang led an American group of students to a second-place finish in an international math contest last month. China placed first.

Yang tied for the fourth-best individial score of the  International Mathematical Olympiad, which was held in Amsterdam.

Participants took a four-and-a-half hour, three-problem exam. A sample question can be found here: http://www.imo-official.org/problems.aspx .

More than 100 nations competed in the event.

The American team included other students from New England. Here's a full list:

Wenyu Cao, a senior at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts Benjamin Gunby, a junior at Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. Xiaoyu He, a junior at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts Mitchell Lee, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science/Tech in Alexandria, Virginia Evan O'Dorney, a senior at Venture Home School in Danville, California David Yang, a sophomore at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire Sam Zbarsky, a sophomore at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, who served as alternate [["validates_presence_of",{"message":"Please enter your email address."}],["validates_length_of",{"too_long":"Your email address must contain between 5 and 100 characters.","maximum":100,"allow_nil":true}],["validates_email_format_of",{"message":"Your email address is not properly formatted. Mind giving it another shot?"}],["validates_uniqueness_of",{"message":"The email address you entered is being used by another member. Please try a different address.","client_can_validate":true,"exists_url":"/users/exists?email="}]] [["validates_presence_of",{"message":"Please enter your password."}],["validates_length_of",{"too_short":"Your password must contain between 4 and 40 characters.","too_long":"Your password must contain between 4 and 40 characters.","allow_nil":true,"minimum":4,"maximum":40}],["validates_format_of",{"message":"Your password may contain only letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens. No emoticons, please. :p","with":["^[a-zA-Z0-9\\_\\-]*?

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Phillips Exeter Student Excels in Int'l Math Contest

Phillips Exeter Academy sophomore David Yang led an American group of students to a second-place finish in an international math contest last month. China placed first. Yang tied for the fourth-best individial score of the



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Exercises at the centennial celebration of the founding of Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, June 20 and 21, 1883

Exercises at the centennial celebration of the founding of Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, June 20 and 21, 1883

Albert C. Perkins, Ph. U., the Principal of the Academy, presided, and delivered the following ADDRESS OF WELCOME. I do not know who it was that first took ...

Lectures delivered before the students of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1885-1886

Lectures delivered before the students of Phillips Exeter Academy, 1885-1886

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL EXERCISES. In opening this course of Lectures, I have thought we might spend an hour to advantage in considering the ...

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... GOLDEN BRANCH OF PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY. EXETER, NH: PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 1^8 5 0 . ...

General catalogue of officers and students, 1783-1903

General catalogue of officers and students, 1783-1903

•Peter Coffin, Exeter. •John Dean, Exeter. Merchant, New- buryport, Mass. d. 1854. ... •Thomas Folsom, Exeter. Portland, Me. •Benjamin Ives Gilman, Exeter. ...

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General catalogue

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