For questions about mathematics competitions or the questions that typically appear in math competitions. Provide enough information about the source to confirm the question doesn't come from a live contest.
This tag is intended for
- Questions from mathematics competitions.
- Inquiries about alternative proofs for problems that are from math contests.
- Questions that have been inspired by a contest problem, including practice problems.
- Questions requesting advice on competing in contests.
See this list of mathematics competitions to get an idea of the types of questions this tag is for.
Mathematics StackExchange has a policy on questions from current competitions. Questions from ongoing competitions will be locked and temporarily deleted until the end of the contest. It is a good idea to include information about a contest, such as a link to the contest webpage.
