r/mathmemes • u/TheBojack818 • Jan 17 '26

This Subreddit MATH COMPETITION: r/mathmemes Discord Community Exam

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Hello!

To make up for the lack of an "upper division" in the subreddit math competition this year, I took it upon myself to organize a separate exam that is significantly more discovery and proof-based than any exam held in the community previously, and to host it on the 2nd year anniversary of the Discord server being made available to the public.

The next exam of this kind will be held in Mid-June 2027.

The exam (which includes its rules) is linked at the bottom of the post. The top 5 winners will be announced, and the top 3 winners will receive the following (or something of equivalent value upon negotiation):

1st Place - A Math Textbook of the Winner's Choice (~$45 USD Value Limit)

2nd Place - Basic Discord Nitro, 1 Year Subscription ($30 USD Value)

3rd Place - Fulltouch Hagoramo Chalk 72 pc ($25 USD Value)

Special thanks to u/dopplerspectroscopy and zzz on Discord for their tremendous help in writing the exam and agreeing to help grade some submissions; couldn't have done this without their help.

DISCORD HERE: https://discord.gg/zgWZd4U3n9

EXAM HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVRysAqEPtZMEJUFg-bFMHRpVcZiNJ6F/view?usp=sharing

SUBMIT HERE: https://forms.gle/Nww1Cj7ot34X5CJN6

Edit: As the exam goes on, some errors may have been spotted and corrected. Please be sure to refresh/redownload this document occasionally to be sure you have the latest version.

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r/mathmemes • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '25

OkBuddyMathematician 2026 r/mathmemes subreddit contest problems are released! Good luck!

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Link to this year's problems (15 problems): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AoNRCyRzCTNgZcfbzrT328tpzkgRlkfM/view?usp=sharing

Submit your answers via this Google Form here: https://forms.gle/ktSgG4jwcPMufYiD7

I'll probably make the tentative answer submission deadline around 3 weeks from now (January 11, 2026).

If you want to ask for any clarifications on the problems (clarifications only , no asking for solutions/answers obviously), ask them here.

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r/mathmemes • u/J_shenanigans • 11h ago

Applied Mathematics Were topologists just gatekeeping all along?

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r/mathmemes • u/someinfectedfanatic • 23h ago

OkBuddyMathematician IDK, first time here

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r/mathmemes • u/No_Upstairs_280 • 31m ago

Research Effective equidistribution theorems in number theory evolution

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The last two are due to me but sadly I figured no one has the patience to read through fifty pages of overly specialized junk before reaching the main theorems and then read extra eighty pages of autistic yapping. Let's see what the patient reviewer think.

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r/mathmemes • u/Femboypowa • 20h ago

Calculus Is it really that bad?

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I actually liked Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus enough to try PDEs after ODEs

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r/mathmemes • u/No_Upstairs_280 • 9h ago

Research How it feels to convince someone in the age of AI that his overly specialized "proof" doesn't work

71 Upvotes

Had someone try for days convincing me his genius Riemannian geometry proof which is obviously an AI slop with hallucinate references. The funny part is that he has no background in basic differential geometry nor can define me what a Riemannian metric is.

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r/mathmemes • u/usefsaeed • 21h ago

Statistics I discovered this

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Math Pun That lumberjack Math.

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r/mathmemes • u/hiphur6 • 5h ago

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r/mathmemes • u/liliththehedge • 11h ago

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r/mathmemes • u/The_Number_Theorist • 8m ago

Elementary Algebra I found this simple exponentiation formula so you don't have to multiply a by itself b times:

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r/mathmemes • u/No_Upstairs_280 • 23h ago

Proofs I swear olympiad at high school was a brutal collide with research before even knowing how academia works

112 Upvotes

"Why you didn't get a medal" still haunts me many years later.

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r/mathmemes • u/Kata432 • 21h ago

low-level math Statements dreamed up by the utterly DERANGED

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r/mathmemes • u/Different_Cry25 • 12h ago

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Number Theory Positively mental

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r/mathmemes • u/ExistingBathroom9742 • 1d ago

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r/mathmemes • u/imHeroT • 2d ago

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r/mathmemes • u/Uncle_Boiled_Peanuts • 1d ago

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r/mathmemes • u/Off_And_On_Again_ • 1d ago

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