Integration Bee

The Integration Bee is an annual integral calculus competition pioneered in 1981 by Andy Bernoff, an applied mathematics student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2] Similar contests are administered in many universities across the United States and the Philippines.

Final participants of the 2006 MIT Integration Bee, with the champion, dubbed the "Grand Integrator" in the middle.

U.S. competitions

Integration Bee contests are now regularly conducted in major United States universities, including Florida Polytechnic University,[3] the State University of New York,[4] the University of Florida,[5] and elsewhere.[6][7]

Non-U.S. competitions

A Philippines integration competition (often shortened as Integ Bee) was originally held four times at the University of the Philippines Diliman, located in Quezon City, Philippines, and sponsored by UP Physics Association (UPPA). Subsequently, the competition was scaled up to allow undergraduates of other Philippines universities to participate.[8] One typical event in 2014 at the Philippines National Institute of Physics, allowed contestants to test their accuracy and speed, capability in mental solving, and mastery in evaluating integrals.[8] The winner received a cash prize of 5,000 Philippine pesos (about €100 or US$113), whilst two runners-up received 1,000 pesos (about €20 or US$22).[9]

See also

References
  1. 2014 MIT Integration Bee
  2. 1981 The Tech photo essay on Integration Bee
  4. Integration Bees Past and Present, State University of New York, New Paltz
  5. 2013 University of Florida Integration Bee
  6. University of Scranton Seventh Annual Integration Bee
  7. "Twelfth Annual Fresno State Integration Bee". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  8. Integration Bee 2014: Into the Galaxy — first speed integration contest in Metropolitan Manila
  9. Integration Bee 2014: Into the Galaxy
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