AoPSWiki
The AoPSWiki is a LaTeX-enabled wiki hosted by Art of Problem Solving for middle, high school, and collegiate students of problem solving disciplines. Most of the content is currently mathematical in nature, though articles about science and computer science are encouraged. The AoPSWiki was launched in June, 2006 and already includes thousands of articles, making it already one of the largest collaborative mathematics compilations on the internet.
The normal LaTeX features of MediaWiki software have been altered within the AoPSWiki in order to allow users to write LaTeX by using dollar signs to go in and out of mathmode, as is normal in LaTeX document writing. The wiki also has syntax that allows editors to embed GeoGebra Java applets and Asymptote diagrams.
Mission
AoPSWiki content is primarily directed at students of mathematics and science, with varying levels of content and sample problems. Exercises on topics and methods can be linked straight from the AoPS Forums, including the large contest problem database.
Contributing to the AoPSWiki is a way for math, science, and technology students to practice their abilities to explain difficult concepts and write mathematical proofs with the kind of peer review inherent in a wiki. Contributors include competitors at MathCounts, the United States of America Mathematics Olympiad, the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and other major mathematics competitions.
Student Resources
AoPSWiki is notable for its focus on student resources. Its content includes many problems and solutions for the AMC and AIME competitions, along with other nation-wide competitions.
Large lists of academic competitions (including a list of mathematics competitions larger and more comprehensive than the one at , numerous pages of scholarship listings organized by subject, and books on many subjects are compiled and maintained by the AoPS community. There are pages for local math teams and programs such as the San Diego Math Circle's ARML team and the Alabama MathCounts team.
The normal LaTeX features of MediaWiki software have been altered within the AoPSWiki in order to allow users to write LaTeX by using dollar signs to go in and out of mathmode, as is normal in LaTeX document writing. The wiki also has syntax that allows editors to embed GeoGebra Java applets and Asymptote diagrams.
Mission
AoPSWiki content is primarily directed at students of mathematics and science, with varying levels of content and sample problems. Exercises on topics and methods can be linked straight from the AoPS Forums, including the large contest problem database.
Contributing to the AoPSWiki is a way for math, science, and technology students to practice their abilities to explain difficult concepts and write mathematical proofs with the kind of peer review inherent in a wiki. Contributors include competitors at MathCounts, the United States of America Mathematics Olympiad, the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and other major mathematics competitions.
Student Resources
AoPSWiki is notable for its focus on student resources. Its content includes many problems and solutions for the AMC and AIME competitions, along with other nation-wide competitions.
Large lists of academic competitions (including a list of mathematics competitions larger and more comprehensive than the one at , numerous pages of scholarship listings organized by subject, and books on many subjects are compiled and maintained by the AoPS community. There are pages for local math teams and programs such as the San Diego Math Circle's ARML team and the Alabama MathCounts team.
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