The Big E and Special K contests (PDF) were held on Saturday, November 3, 2012. These are mathematics contests for undergraduate University of Waterloo students.
The Special K contest is for first year students and the Big E contest is for upper year students. Both contests consist of six problems, and complete written solutions are required.
The winners of the Big E contest:
- Tied for first and second: Yuelin (Julian) Sun and Kaiyu (Kevin) Wu
- Tied for third and fourth: Sam Eisenstat and Boyu Li
The next contestant was Adam Gutter, followed by Frank Ban, Rutger Campbell, Manuel Candales, Joseph Horan, and Ritvik Ramkumar.
The winners of the Special K contest:
- Tied for first and second: Vitalik Buterin and Yifan Hu
- Tied for third and fourth: Kevin Luo and Tom Yan
Very close behind were Luka Filipovic and Tianyi (Keller) Liu, followed by Bai Li and Huaxin (Henry) Liu.
Congratulations to all the winners! In each contest, the first and second place winners will receive a prize of $150 each, and the third and fourth place contestants will receive $75 each.
Thanks to Ken Davidson for looking over the contest problems and making useful suggestions.
Stephen New