Abstract:

CompMath is an annual mathematical competition for university students. The objective of the contest is to solve 30 math problems using a computer algebra system such as Mathematica, Maple, Maxima, MATLAB, Python or Julia. Unlike other competitions, contestants do not submit paper solutions of the problems, but rather files, representing solutions in a chosen computer algebra system.
The CompMath contest does not have an equivalent on a global level and it is our feeling that it represents a major educational and pedagogical innovation.
The CompMath competition was established in 2011 and there has been one experimental edition in addition to nine regular editions so far. The experimental competition was held in 2011 at the Technical University – Gabrovo.

The following universities, organizers of successive editions of the Olympiad, are:
1) 2012 - Technical University - Gabrovo;
2) 2013 - Ruse University;
3) 2014 - Sofia University – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics;
4) 2015 – Burgas Free University;
5) 2016 - University of Veliko Tarnovo;
6) 2017 – Technical University – Varna;
7) 2018 – University of Plovdiv;
8) 2019 - Technical University - Sofia;
9) 2022 - Sofia University – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics & Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy;
10) 2023/October - Ruse University.
For more than 10 years, the organizers of the Olympiad have maintained a website compmath.eu, where the competition problems, answers to the tasks, photos, rankings, etc. are published.

Some problems from the competition are presented in the paper with solution in Wolfram Mathematica. The selection of these problems is intended to give an idea of what the CompMath student competition is all about, as well as to demonstrate the capabilities of modern computer algebra systems for solving problems from university mathematics courses. The problems are classified in accordance with their mathematical topics:
- Calculate, convert and simplify expressions.
- Operations with numbers, sequences, recursion
- Analytical geometry
- Calculus
- Algebraic and differential equations, inequalities
- Linear Algebra
- Combined Tasks

Keywords:

Competition, computer mathematics, Wolfram Mathematica.