Teams from 75 countries will compete. The U.S. team will attend the international competition with Walter Mientka, professor of mathematics at UNL and executive director of the American Mathematics Competitions, which administers the qualifying exams. Mientka coached the winning 1994 U.S. team, the first in the competition's 35-year history in which all members earned perfect scores. Two other summer program staffers also will go to India. They are team leader Titu Andreescu from the Illinois Math and Science Academy, and deputy leader Kiran Kedlaya of Harvard University.
None are from Nebraska.
They range in age from 13 to 18 years old. Three girls and 28 boys will be housed in UNL's Cather Hall from June 5 to July 3. Previously the four-week training program was held at the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy or the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. But this year, logistics and costs forced Mientka to find a new home for the summer program. After some investigation, he found that UNL fit the bill, said Donita Bowers, office manager for the American Mathematics Competitions.