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If you are preparing a team for any mathematical competition on the level of the Mathematical Olympiads or have aspirations of making such a team, then this book is one of many that you should study. In terms of overall quality, that unusual combination of eventual doability with difficulty, there are none better than the problems of the Mathematical Olympiads. The selectors go to great lengths to select problems that are challenging within the bounds of the level of the students.
This book contains the six problems of the 1993 U. S. A. Mathematical Olympiad, the six problems of the IMO team selection test and the six problems of the 1993 IMO held in Tokyo, Japan. After the statements of the problems, there are some very short hints and then a section containing formal solutions to the problems. The results of the IMO are also included in an appendix.
College math teachers in search of unusual and challenging problems to present to students will also find IMO problems worthy of consideration and application.