U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad

Re:U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad by eyqs on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @10:52PM (#12223064)

There's probably a large societal aspect to this too; the gender imbalance stands out much more than ethnicity, in my opinion.

Note too that each country can only send 6 people, and Asian countries (China, India, arguably Japan and South Korea) have a much larger pool to draw from, although this doesn't explain the prevalence of Asian-Americans on the USA team.

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Re:U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad by allendoerfer on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:15PM (#12223151)

How have Japan and South Korea a larger pool to draw from?

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Re:U.S. Team Wins First Place at International Math Olympiad by yompers888 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:42PM (#12223233)

It's worth keeping in mind that distributions of males tend to have longer tails than their equivalents for females.

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