Over the past two decades the once small local Colorado Springs Mathematics Olympiad founded
by the author himself has now become an annual state-wide competition hosting over
one-thousand high school contenders each year. This updated printing of the first edition of
Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: the First Twenty Years and Further Explorations offers an
interesting history of the competition as well as an outline of all the problems and solutions
that have been a part of the contest over the years. Many of the essay problems were inspired
by Russian mathematical folklore and written to suit the young audience for example the 1989
Sugar problem was written as a pleasant Lewis Carroll-like story. Some other entertaining
problems involve olde Victorian map colorings King Authur and the knights of the round table
rooks in space Santa Claus and his elves painting planes football for 23 and even the
Colorado Springs subway system. The book is more than just problems their solutions and event
statistics it tells a compelling story involving the lives of those who have been part of the
Olympiad from every perspective.
