|
Q |
Is
there an email where I can ask my queries? |
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Ans. |
Send
all correspondence to msfchallenge2006@gmail.com.
Mention your registration number in the beginning of
the subject as well as in the matter of your email. |
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Q |
Kindly
send us the detailed information regarding this contest so that
we can prepare and send the list of participants. |
|
Ans. |
Visit the
website www.mathscifound.org |
|
Q |
I
want to take part individually in this event without any involvement
of my school. Can I do so? |
|
Ans. |
You
need to get the application form signed by your school principal.
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|
Q |
Do
we have to select a problem from the ones you have sent it along
with the instructions and various details to the school? |
|
Ans. |
Yes, you
have to choose a problem given by us with the instructions. |
|
Q |
Can
teams from the schools situated outside Delhi participate in
the competition? |
| Ans. |
| It
has been decided that teams from schools outside Delhi
be allowed to participate in the competition under the
following conditions: |
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1.
The final presentation will be in Delhi only. If the team
is selected for the final presentation then participants
have to come to Delhi on their own expenses. MSF will
not bear any travel and local expenses including team's
stay in Delhi. |
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2.
If the team wins the first prize then the trip will be
from Delhi to Bangalore and then back to Delhi. All the
expenses made by the team members for coming to Delhi
and going back from Delhi to their place will not be paid
by MSF. |
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| Q |
I
would like to know if we can take help of a teacher who doesn’t
teach in our school? |
| Ans. |
It is not
necessary to have a mentor. But if you do have a mentor, he/she
has to be from your school. WE WILL HELP YOU AS LONG AS IT IS
FAIR TO OTHER TEAMS. |
| Q |
Can
we appeal the decision of the Jury? |
| Ans. |
All decisions
of the MSF Jury will be considered final and binding on all
participating teams. |
| Q |
I
would be grateful to you if you could kindly tell me that what
do you mean by " team A/B(strike one off) " given
in the application form. |
| Ans. |
“TEAM
A/B (STRIKE ONE OFF) " means that if you are in group A(class
IX/X) then put a tickmark on A and strikeoff B (class XI/XII)
and if you are in group B then put a tickmark on B and strikeoff
A. |
| Q |
I
would like to know the procedure to submit the registration
fee and the application form. |
| Ans. |
Fill the
application
form get it signed from your Principal and send
it along with a cheque of Rs.200 (participation fees for one
team) to the following address
on or before July 5, 2006 to the following address:
MSF Challenge 2006
Mathematical Sciences Foundation
Room No. XF, St. Stephen's College
Delhi 110007
Note that you have to submit the project paper by July
5, 2006 too.
For all the details and documents visit our website www.mathscifound.org |
| Q |
How
do I come to know that our application form has reached you
timely and we have been properly registered? |
| Ans. |
A receipt
for the fees paid will be sent to the school Principal. Also
an acknowledgement letter will be sent to the team leader through
email. The letter will contain a registration number assigned
for the team. In any case you can send any query to msfchallenge2006@gmail.com.
ALWAYS INCLUDE YOUR NAME, YOUR SCHOOL AND REGISTRATION NUMBER
OF YOUR TEAM (if any). |
|
Q |
Do
I send u our project statement or the full document now. |
| Ans. |
We will
be sending you details about submission later on. Keep checking
our website www.mathscifound.org
for more and new information on the contest. |
| Q |
I
would like to know if we can solve the problem by making a program
in C++. |
| Ans. |
You are
welcome to use whatever tools you want. Just be able to defend
your solution. It will be nice if you build around the problem. |
| Q |
I
wanted to ask you that do we have to make a powerpoint presentation
or we can also use other programmes like visual basic e.t.c. |
| Ans. |
You are
welcome to use whatever tools you want. |
| Q |
What
kind of problem do we have to take up? How will we present the
solutions? |
| Ans. |
You have
to build a project around one of the two problems for the relevant
group mentioned on our website/sent to your school in our circular..
The solution has to be sent to us in the form of a project report.
In addition, if selected for the finals, you will have to be
prepared to present your paper to the Jury. The format of the
presentation can be of your choice. |
| Q |
Do
we have to choose a problem from the sample problems provided
or do we have to find our own problem? |
| Ans. |
You HAVE
to choose one of the two problems mentioned in the circular/put
up on the website for your Group. |
| Q |
Do
we have to provide the e mail addresses of all the members separately
or of the team as a whole? |
| Ans |
At least
one email id must be there. It will be nice if you could provide
us with email ids for the other members too. |
| Q |
What
exactly you mean by ' How many different boxes of the same type
you have? 'in the second problem? We just have to make one box
with the capacity of one liter? Can you please elaborate the
second problem more nicely? |
| Ans |
The task
is to find containers needing least amount of steel. There could
be one or two or more different boxes satisfying this. How many? |
| Q |
|
(i) |
Do
we have to write algorithm or have to implement and
show it on computer? |
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(ii) |
Do
we have to make a program for general Caesar cipher
(in which no keys are given) or for a particular key
given? |
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(iii) |
If
we have to make general program, then do we have to
make program that gives 25 outputs or just meaningful
outputs? |
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(iv) |
Do we have to make program for substitution cipher also? |
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(v) |
Do
we have to make PowerPoint presentation for decoding
program methodically? |
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| Ans |
You are
allowed to use computers as an aid. Any programming done must
be explicitly stated as part of the project report and the code
included.How you solve the problem is what the contest is all
about. You are welcome to use whatever computer aids you need.
The substitution cipher is the main problem. Extend/expand -
do what you want.
Note : Student will be responsible for arrangement of compilers for their developed programs. |
