Welcome to the I HRT Math Challenge, hosted by Hudson River Trading on Saturday Sept 7, 11am ET
Register Now for the I HRT Math Challenge — $500 in Prizes
This is an official, sponsored one-hour math challenge designed to simulate the types of problem-solving skills you will need to succeed at HRT. It'll be a great experience for anybody looking to break into quant or anybody looking for a fun challenge. You will have 60 minutes to solve 10 questions. Winners will be chosen according to who solves the most problems in the shortest amount of time. You must also either be at least 18 years old, or have parental consent, to be eligible for prizes.
In order to be eligible for prizes — please register in advance here and fill out the Google Form linked in the event description.
Participants will be competing for a $500 prize pool of Amazon Gift Cards.
1st: $150
2nd: $100
3rd: $75
4th: $50
5th: $40
6th: $30
7th: $20
8th: $15
9th: $10
10th: $10
Top 20 will also receive some coveted HRT SWAG.
Good luck!
A quick note about the sponsor for this contest:
HRT — Build the future of trading.
Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization – from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our global offices.
Perhaps Im really bad at googling. I've participated in a rated contest just now (https://mathdash.com/contest/quant-4) to try out this website and Im really confused at the rules of the contests.
I've only been able to find https://mathdash.com/contest-rules for rules. But here are some more rules which I am not sure of
23/3and10+6.5are allowed. Is there is a full list of such allowed expressions?Hey — Sorry about the confusion — just added an announcement banner in every contest that should explain general rules!
To answer your questions: Answer the problems without calculators or external aids. Answer format should be expressed in simplest form (e.g., '1/2', '2sqrt2', 'pi/3 + 1/7'). Multiple choice answers should be a single letter ('A' or 'a'). Simple expressions may parse correctly, but if they aren't in simplest form, the contest author may decide to consider them incorrect.
What's a point of maintaining rules for which it's not possible to verify if they are followed by participants?
This is happening in 8 hours!
AkshajK can you please kindly explain this here? Union = both areas summed = 1 + 1, right?
Never mind, I figured it out. Union = A + B — intersection.
Also, are there editorials for these problems that are accessible before you solve them?
You counted the hexagon twice
yes, thank you. it is interesting to see such a concept without normal sets lol
Event page isn't loading :/
Will there be solutions provided
Will update here if/when they are written! For now, there is discussion happening in the contest page chat/comments: Discussion/contest link
is it just me or is it funny that the bigtime quant firm chose the name Aaron instead of Alice?
Yeh Jane Street likes Aaron as well.
AkshajK The timing for some of these sponsored contests is a bit early for west coast users; any chance they could be moved back an hour or two?
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