Romania has exceptional students. David Andrei, one of the best mathematics students in the world

The National Mathematics Olympiad takes place in Târgu Mureş, from Tuesday to Sunday.

David-Andrei Anghel was last year’s gold medalist with a maximum score at the International Olympics in Japan.

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“The fact that we are at the 74th edition of the National Mathematical Olympiad is equally the merit of the high-achieving students and their mentors (…). And it is worth recalling the historical result of Romania in 2023, at the International Olympiad in Japan, a historical mathematical result of Romania’s Olympic equipment, five gold medals and one silver medal, with a total of 208 points ranked fourth. in the world, the best ranking in the last 24 years, being surpassed only by China, the USA and Korea, ranking first in Europe.

The gold medal with a maximum score went to David-Andrei Anghel, who is present with us here today”, said, on Tuesday, at the opening ceremony of the National Mathematics Olympiad, Elisabeta Ana Naghi, adviser in the Ministry of Education, conformable Agerpres .

The representative of the Ministry of Education showed that the first gold medal established by Romania was in 1959, in Braşov, by the student Basarab Nicolescu, who then established 37 points out of the maximum of 40.

Currently, Basarab Nicolescu is an honorary member of the Romanian Academy, being a recognized name in the field of physics, but who “never distanced himself from mathematics, because in theoretical physics, it is essential”.

At the National Mathematics Olympiad in Târgu Mureş, in addition to the 380 students from grades IX-XII from all the counties of the country, 42 accompanying teachers and 50 teachers, members of the Central Commission, participate.