The David Essner Mathematics Competition was established as a memorial to David Essner and is sponsored by the Essner Family and the University of Miami Department of Mathematics. Since the academic year 1981-1982 it has been an annual competition that seeks to recognize outstanding mathematical talent among the secondary school students of Miami-Dade County in Florida. David Essner graduated from South Miami High School in 1975. While in high school he participated in a college level mathematics program, and by means of this and self study he was prepared for graduate study in mathematics when he entered the University of Miami in 1975. David enjoyed mathematics problem solving and mathematics competitions, and as an undergraduate student at Miami he participated in the Putnam Mathematics competition four times; in fact he delayed his graduation so that he could participate the fourth time. One year David was the top scorer on a three person University of Miami team that ranked 28th on the exam; normally about 300 university teams, including one from each of the prestigious universities, compete in the Putnam exam. In 1979 David graduated from Miami with majors in mathematics and physics. He then entered graduate study in mathematics at Miami and was awarded a University Fellowship. By reason of his advanced coursework as an undergraduate he was at the beginning virtually ready for the Ph.D qualifying exam which he passed at the end of his first year of graduate study. During his second year of graduate study, in November 1980, he was fatally injured in a motorbike accident. Dr. Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Dr. Kenneth Baker, and Dr. Morgan Brown The David Essner Mathematics Competition The Competition
Overview
In Memoriam
The Essner Competition Administrators
Contact Information
Department of Mathematics, University of Miami
1365 Memorial Drive, Ungar 515
Coral Gables, FL 33146
essner@math.miami.edu
The Day of the Exam The David Essner Mathematics Competition XXXIX will take place 9am-1pm, Saturday February 8, 2020 at the Field House, part of the Watsco Center, at the University of Miami. Participants should: It is not mandatory for the supervisors to attend. The Field House is just to the right of the front of the Watsco Center. We recommend parking in the lot in front of the Watsco Center. Payment for parking can be done at a machine or pay-by-phone. Please consult here for details about parking on campus as policies continue to change. Important Dates Friday January 24, 2020: Deadline for list of Participating Students The Competition begins with a lecture introducing the topic of the exam. Thereafter, there is a 1 hour exam consisting of a couple of problems whose solutions require creative mathematical thought. Solutions are evaluated on clarity of presentation and logical arguments as well as correctness of the final answer. A correct answer without coherent justification may receive a low evaluation. The exam does not require calculus and may be solved using ideas that, in addition to what's presented in the preceding lecture, an honors student with experience in high school honors algebra and pre-calculus should have encountered. Refer to the Final Exams in the Past Exams link above for examples of the level of questions. The use of calculators or other such assistance tools is not permitted. After a short break, there will be a second presentation followed by an awards ceremony. 08:30 Sign-in As the format and location are new, these times are only approximate. The competition is open to all secondary schools, public and private, in Miami-Dade County. Each participating school must select a Supervisor (such as a mathematics teacher) who determines the participating students from their school, and acts as a liason between these participating students and the Competition Administrators. A student who wishes to participate must obtain approval of their school's supervisor. Beginning with Competition XXXV, no student may participate in more than 4 competitions. Determine the participating students from their school. We recommend a limit of 5 participating students per school. In unusual situations the supervisor may be permitted to send up to 5 additional students. The determination of the participating students is at the Supervisor's discretion. Students who are both interested in the kinds of problems on the previous final exams and able to craft solutions to several of these are perhaps more likely to perform well on the upcoming competition. Inform the Competition Administrators of the participating students. By Friday January 24, 2020, email the list of names of your school's participating students to the Competition Administrators. (essner@math.miami.edu) Dr. Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Dr. Kenneth Baker, and Dr. Morgan Brown The David Essner Mathematics CompetitionInformation and Details
Saturday February 8, 2020: Essner Competition
The Competition
09:00 Lecture
10:00 Exam
11:00 Break & Snack
11:30 Presentation
12:30 AwardsParticipation
Instructions for Supervisors
The Essner Competition Administrators
Contact Information
Department of Mathematics, University of Miami
1365 Memorial Drive, Ungar 515
Coral Gables, FL 33146
essner@math.miami.edu
Exams are available for non-profit academic and personal use. The David Essner Mathematics Competition XXXIII in fall 2013 begins our new format with no preliminary exam. Past Exams
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XXXIV
2014
XXXIII
2013
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Top 5 Winners
1981 - 1982
Rank
Student
High School
1
Caroline Richardson
Miami Palmetto
2
Ruth Harris
Coral Gables
3
Craig Cartwright
Miami Norland
3
Seth Field
North Miami Beach
3
Gordon Wood
Ransom Everglades
3
Stephen Siegel
North Miami Beach
3
Robert West
Coral Park
1982 - 1983
Rank
Student
High School
1
Wilson Wong
North Miami Beach
2
Stephen Siegel
North Miami Beach
3
Gordon Wood
Ransom Everglades
4
Marshall Wolf
Ransom Everglades
5
Seth Field
North Miami Beach
1983 - 1984
Rank
Student
High School
1
Victor Tavernini
North Miami Beach
2
Chamroeun Kchao
North Miami Beach
3
Peter Richardson
Ransom Everglades
4
Stephen Siegel
North Miami Beach
5
Marc Friedman
Miami Beach
1984 - 1985
Rank
Student
High School
1
Eric Lund
Miami Palmetto
2
Patrick Sullivan
Miami Killian
3
Jeffrey Miller
North Miami Beach
4
Marc Friedman
Miami Beach
5
Beesham Seecharan
Miami Sunset
1985 - 1986
Rank
Student
High School
1
Marc Friedman
Miami Beach
2
Charles Witham
North Miami Beach
3
Huasheng Su
Miami Sunset
4
Beesham Seecharan
Miami Sunset
5
Miguel Tam
North Miami Beach
1986 - 1987
Rank
Student
High School
1
Beesham Seecharan
Miami Sunset
2
Marc Friedman
Miami Beach
3
Robin Zinger
North Miami Beach
4
Paul Rowland
Miami Killian
5
Gideon Senderov
Miami Sunset
1987 - 1988
Rank
Student
High School
1
Gregory Galperin
Miami Palmetto
2
Ian Pulizzotto
North Miami Beach
3
Robin Zinger
North Miami Beach
4
Shawn Gross
Miami Springs
5
Christopher Cothran
Miami Sunset
1988 - 1989
Rank
Student
High School
1
Ian Pulizzotto
North Miami Beach
2
Derrick Bass
North Miami Beach
3
Robert Pearson
Miami Palmetto
4
Shawn Gross
Miami Springs
5
Kichol Lee
Miami Sunset
1989 - 1990
Rank
Student
High School
1
Ian Pulizzotto
North Miami Beach
2
Derrick Bass
North Miami Beach
3
Pedro Nunez
South Dade
4
Eric Gettleman
Coral Gables
5
Jose Lorenzo
Miami Sunset
1990 - 1991
Rank
Student
High School
1
Derrick Bass
North Miami Beach
2
Ian Pulizzotto
North Miami Beach
3
Giovanni DellaLibera
Coral Gables
4
Jose Lorenzo
Miami Sunset
5
Rahul Garg
Coral Gables
1991 - 1992
Rank
Student
High School
1
Brad Allen
Miami Sunset
1
Jose Lorenzo
Miami Sunset
3
Rahul Garg
Coral Gables
4
Simon Lau
Miami Sunset
5
Dag Shapshak
North Miami Beach
1992 - 1993
Rank
Student
High School
1
Rachel Ventura
North Miami Beach
1
Jeff Talpin
North Miami Beach
3
Ryan Dougherty
North Miami Beach
4
Jorge Fernandez
Coral Gables
4
John Kim
Miami Palmetto
1993 - 1994
Rank
Student
High School
1
Jorge Fernandez
Coral Gables
2
Ryan Dougherty
North Miami Beach
3
Ernest Miklavic
North Miami Beach
4
Nathan Shackles
Miami Sunset
5
John Kim
Miami Palmetto
1994 - 1995
Rank
Student
High School
1
Nathan Shackles
Miami Sunset
2
Samuel Thompson
Miami Sunset
2
Ernest Miklavic
North Miami Beach
4
Jason Freeman
Ransom Everglades
5
Jason Chicola
Miami Palmetto
1995 - 1996
Rank
Student
High School
1
Ernest Miklavic
North Miami Beach
2
Serg Sverdlov
Ransom Everglades
3
Derek Greenfield
Miami Palmetto
4
Richard Perez
Miami Springs
5
Jeff Lieberman
Ransom Everglades
1996 - 1997
Rank
Student
High School
1
Eric Li
Miami Palmetto
1
James Whiting
Miami Sunset
1
Andrew Kamons
Miami Palmetto
4
Derek Greenfield
Miami Palmetto
4
David Harden
South Miami
1997 - 1998
Rank
Student
High School
1
James Whiting
Miami Sunset
2
David Harden
South Miami
3
Raag Airan
MAST Academy
4
Rene Shen
Miami Palmetto
5
Derek Greenfield
Miami Palmetto
1998 - 1999
Rank
Student
High School
1
David Harden
South Miami
2
Raag Airan
MAST Academy
3
Vinicius Vacanti
Miami Killian
3
Julio Machado
Miami Springs
5
Brad Hershbein
Miami Killian
5
Arthur Baum
Miami Palmetto
1999 - 2000
Rank
Student
High School
1
David Held
Miami Sunset
2
Luis Romero
Miami Springs
3
Christopher Searcy
Miami Palmetto
4
Sean Mirmelli
Ransom Everglades
5
Kapish Aggarwal
Coral Gables
2000 - 2001
Rank
Student
High School
1
David Held
Miami Sunset
2
David Thornton
Gulliver Preparatory
3
David Cohen
Ransom Everglades
3
Luis Romero
Miami Springs
5
Timothy Lee
Miami Killian
2001 - 2002
Rank
Student
High School
1
David Weinberg
Miami Palmetto
2
Ryan Williams
Miami Springs
3
Robert Reyes
Miami Springs
4
Kapish Aggarwal
Coral Gables
5
April Tam
Miami Springs
2002 - 2003
Rank
Student
High School
1
Ryan Williams
Miami Springs
2
David Weinberg
Miami Palmetto
3
Michael Chow
Miami Sunset
3
Eitan Reich
Miami Beach
5
Stephen Koren
MAST Academy
2003 - 2004
Rank
Student
High School
1
Ryan Williams
Miami Springs
2
Guy David
Ransom Everglades
3
Jason LaRue
Miami Palmetto
4
John Karpis
Miami Springs
4
Scott Rabin
Miami Palmetto
2004 - 2005
Rank
Student
High School
1
Guy David
Ransom Everglades
2
John Karpis
Miami Springs
3
Murtaza Nek
Hialeah
4
Rui Yang
Miami Palmetto
4
Syed Ahmed
Miami Sunset
2005 - 2006
Rank
Student
High School
1
Jason LaRue
Miami Palmetto
2
Rui Yang
Miami Palmetto
3
Alan Tarrab
Dr. Michael M. Krop
4
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Miami Palmetto
5
Wei Yang
Miami Palmetto
2006 - 2007
Rank
Student
High School
1
Jason LaRue
Miami Palmetto
2
Rui Yang
Miami Palmetto
3
Juan Bustos
Miami Springs
4
Kevin Barlan
Miami Killian
5
Wei Yang
Miami Palmetto
2007 - 2008
Rank
Student
High School
1
Rui Yang
Miami Palmetto
2
Frank Rodriguez
Miami Springs
3
Wei Yang
Miami Palmetto
4
Joseph Moon
Miami Palmetto
5
Sijie Fan
Miami Palmetto
2008 - 2009
Rank
Student
High School
1
Luis Ares
Advanced Studies South
2
Joseph Moon
Miami Palmetto
3
Evan Williams
Miami Springs
4
Robert Perez
Home School
5
Daniel Levine
Miami Palmetto
2009 - 2010
Rank
Student
High School
1
Sijie Fan
Palmetto
2
Taylor Manning
New World
3
Yuto Ezure
Gulliver
4
Jerry Yeh
Palmetto
5
Michael Elgart
Gulliver
2010 - 2011
Rank
Student
High School
1
Forrest Voight
Palmetto
2
Alexander Barreiro
Palmetto
3
Sanchit Bhattacharjee
Ferguson
4
Taylor Manning
New World
5
Daniel Gu
Palmetto
2011 - 2012
Rank
Student
High School
1
Jeffrey Gu
Palmetto
2
Prudhvi Lokireddy
Coral Reef
3
Matthew Mistele
Ransom
4
Daniel Gu
Palmetto
5
Sanchit Bhattacharjee
Ferguson
2012 - 2013
Rank
Student
High School
1
Matthew Mistele
Ransom
2
Prudhvi Lokireddy
Coral Reef
3
Haojie Zhuang
Palmetto
4
Henry Laney
Miami Springs
5
Jeffrey Gu
Palmetto
2013
Rank
Student
High School
1
Faraz Masroor
Gulliver
2
Tianjian Guo
Palmetto
3
Sanchit Bhattacharjee
Ferguson
4
Aaron Crair
Coral Reef
5
Haojie Zhuang
Palmetto
2014
Rank
Student
High School
1
John Mistele
Ransom Everglades
2
Faraz Masroor
Gulliver
3
Tianjian Guo
Palmetto
4
David Gonzalez
Miami Country Day
5
Chaitanya Lokireddy
Coral Reef
2015
Rank
Student
High School
1
John Mistele
Ransom Everglades
2
Faraz Masroor
Gulliver
3
Ethan Partidas
Doral Academy
4
Logan Kraus
Palmetto
5
Eric Cai
Ransom Everglades
2016
Rank
Student
High School
1
John Mistele
Ransom Everglades
2
Jaedon Whyte
Doral Academy
3
Ethan Partidas
Doral Academy
4
James Leng
SAS Wolfson
5
Joon Kim
Ransom Everglades
2017
Rank
Student
High School
1
Rafael Sampaio
Archimedean Upper Conservatory
2
Ethan Partidas
Doral Academy
3
Jaedon Whyte
Doral Academy
4
Vincent Li
Palmetto Senior High
5
Anirudh Rahul
Doral Academy
2018
Rank
Student
High School
1
Jaedon Whyte
Archimedean Upper Conservatory
2
Dylan Tie-Shue
Ransom Everglades
3
Vincent Li
Palmetto Senior High
4
Anna Mistele
Ransom Everglades
5
Anirudh Rahul
Doral Academy
2019 - 2020
Rank
Student
High School
1
Anirudh Rahul
Doral Academy
2
Vincent Li
Palmetto Senior High
3
Rafael Collado
New World School for the Arts
4
Dylan Tie-Shue
Ransom Everglades
4
Raul Valle
Doral Academy
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