Math Competitions Information

Harvey Mudd College participates in the annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) and the Putnam Exam.

MCM/ICM Information

This contest is typically held in late January or early February. Rooms in use by contest participants will be reserved for their use. Look out for the email in late December or early January!

Important Links

• The Contest Instructions
• Contest Questions (Available after 2:00 PM PST, Thursday, January 23, 2025.)
• The questions are also available from any of several mirror sites.

LaTeX Document Class for Preparing Your Report

We provide a LaTeX class for typesetting your solutions to the MCM or ICM problems. If you’re using another system, you can get the files in .ZIP or tar.gz format from the project’s Github repository.

You will want to copy the blank-template.tex file to your working directory and edit it to reflect your team’s number (assigned by the contest administrators) and the letter of the problem you’re working on. (In 2019, A, B, or C for MCM; D, E, or F for ICM, but you should check the MCM site to make sure you have the right letter and contest name.)

If you have a chance beforehand, you might want to try typesetting the icmmcm-sample.tex file so you can see what the report will look like.

Important Note on Submissions

Be sure not to mention your names, the name of your advisor(s), or the name of your school anywhere in your report. If you do, your team will be disqualified!