Re: Training problem-solving for coding and math olympiads

I see you are missing fish oil!!

On 5/24/11, Darius Malik <malikdarius2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lately I've resolved to try harder at teaching myself math and
> algorithm-coding so I have a better shot at the international
> olympiads for math and programming (IMO and IOI). These basically
> involve getting, say, three really hard math or programming problems
> and trying your best to solve them within 5 hours.
>
> What recommendations do you guys have for improving problem-solving
> ability, in general and specifically for olympiad-type environments?
> How should I practise math and CS, and what other stuff should I do?
> Right now my day consists of:
> - school (6 hours)
> - Anki reps (10-100 minutes)
> - n-back (20 sessions; I do position-color 8-back)
> - Learning math and coding
> - cycling (~ 1 hour 3 times a week)
> - weight-training (~20 minutes daily)
> I've also been experimenting with cycling caffeine, weekends on,
> weekdays off; this seems to work really well - I can do more work at
> home and less work at school. IOW, I am most productive exactly when
> it matters most :)
> Since I'm vegetarian, I've also taken Jonathan's advice and am cycling
> creatine.
>
> Also, what is the best sort of training I can do at school? In South
> Africa there are no honors classes, so I can basically pay literally
> no attention and still get acceptable marks. I've been trying mental
> arithmetic, writing shorthand (look up 'Gregg shorthand' on
> wikipedia), writing with my non-dominant hand, and trying to solve
> hard math problems (or just exploring math, for instance, for which n
> is 1!+2!+...+n! a square, or a cube, etc.). Bonus points if I can do
> the exercise while looking like I am blankly staring off into space.
>
> Thanks in advance :)
>
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