Lack of Accessible 2025/2026 IMO Problems in Search Results — E8 Intelligence Research
- 1Independent Researcher, United Kingdom
Abstract
FINDING: The search results are mostly video titles and promotional content, not actual problem statements or solutions. The only substantive mathematical artifact is the 2011 IMO "windmill" problem (P2) and a 2010 mathematical physics Olympiad proceedings. No 2025/2026 IMO problems are accessible. | MATH: No equations, constants, or ratios are extractable from the video metadata. The windmill problem (IMO 2011 P2) involves a finite set of points in general position and a rotating line ("windmill") that pivots on a point, requiring proof that for any such set, there exists a pivot point and initial line such that the windmill visits every point infinitely often. This is a combinatorial geometry problem — no explicit numeric constants. The arXiv proceedings (1110.4864) contain physics Olympiad problems but no specific equations are given in the abstract. | CONNECTION: The windmill problem's structure involves rotational symmetry and periodic orbits of a line through a point set — this r
Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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BibTeX
@misc{caldin2026lack,
title = {{Lack of Accessible 2025/2026 IMO Problems in Search Results — E8 Intelligence Research}},
author = {Andrew Stewart Caldin},
howpublished = {Zenodo},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23587336},
url = {https://zenodo.org/records/23587336},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Lack of Accessible 2025/2026 IMO Problems in Search Results — E8 Intelligence Research
AU - Andrew Stewart Caldin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/23
PB - Zenodo
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23587336
UR - https://zenodo.org/records/23587336
AB - FINDING: The search results are mostly video titles and promotional content, not actual problem statements or solutions. The only substantive mathematical artifact is the 2011 IMO "windmill" problem (P2) and a 2010 mathematical physics Olympiad proceedings. No 2025/2026 IMO problems are accessible. | MATH: No equations, constants, or ratios are extractable from the video metadata. The windmill problem (IMO 2011 P2) involves a finite set of points in general position and a rotating line ("windmill") that pivots on a point, requiring proof that for any such set, there exists a pivot point and initial line such that the windmill visits every point infinitely often. This is a combinatorial geometry problem — no explicit numeric constants. The arXiv proceedings (1110.4864) contain physics Olympiad problems but no specific equations are given in the abstract. | CONNECTION: The windmill problem's structure involves rotational symmetry and periodic orbits of a line through a point set — this r Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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