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Background

The Simon Marais Mathematics Competition was established in 2017. It is an annual competition that aims to:
  • Encourage creative mathematical problem-solving among undergraduate students
  • Identify talented students across many regions of the world, including the Asia-Pacific​
  • Forge links between academics involved in the Competition
  • Promote healthy competition among students as well as between universities

Who was Simon Marais?
Dr Simon Marais was a South African-born physicist who became a prominent contrarian asset manager in South Africa and later Australia. He maintained a life-long passionate interest in mathematics and mathematical problem solving after completing a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University in 1991. Dr Marais passed away on 26 February 2015, after battling metastatic cancer that had been discovered five months earlier. ​
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  • Home
    • Privacy Notice
  • About
    • About Us
    • Background
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    • Participating Universities >
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      • 2025
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  • Problems
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      • 2024
      • 2023
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      • 2021
      • 2020
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    • More sample problems
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