An International Math Circle

In honor of Vladimir Arnold & Jerrold Marsden

Permeating Mathematical Rigor!

In the last six years, under the mentorship of Yaashaa Golovanov, founder and the only instructor at AMMOC, protégés who have studied for at least a year (or two) have prepared and won in the world’s foremost mathematics competitions across continents. We give you a brief overview of our mentee’s performances:

In mathematical competitions and Olympics:

  • Honorable Mention at the International Mathematical Olympiad,
  • Bronze Medals and Honorable Mention at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad,
  • Honorable Mention at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad,
  • Gold, Silver, Bronze, Distinction, and Merit in the various stages of the British Mathematical Olympiad (JMC, IMC, SMC, BMO 1, and BMO 2).
  • Math Meets/Tournaments of Caltech, Princeton, Stanford, and Berkeley,
  • Multiple Distinguished Honor Roll and Distinctions in AMC-12 and AMC-10 of the MAA,
  • Over seven dozen distinctions and international honors in various contests of CEMC at the University of Waterloo.
  • Distinctions, international honors, and cash prizes in flagship contests of the Canadian Mathematical Society.
  • National Merit in Phases of the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad.
  • Over five dozen High Distinctions, Distinctions, and Credits in flagship contests of the Australian Math Trust.
  • Gold, silver, and bronze medals in various contests of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust. 

In Research: 

AMMOC pupils are forces to reckon with when it comes to their exceptional contribution to two of the most prestigious problem-solving research journals:

  • Crux Mathematicorum of the Canadian Mathematical Society, wherein recently the journal acknowledged a total of 23 correct solutions submitted by the pupils of AMMOC. In particular, the journal also published the original work of Shaurya Patil [MA344] and Madani Harouach Valensi; see his original contribution here. 
  • AMMOC is the most contributing group across any issue of the Mathematical Reflection, a journal founded and edited by the doyen of the IMO, Prof. Titu Andreescu. 

Latest highlights in reverse chronological order for the past two years (2026 and 2025).

 

    • AMMOC acknowledges support of Russian mathematician turned British billionaire Alex Gerko towards the SuMAC (Stanford) camp fee of Madani Valensi, a protégé of AMMOC. Madani will attend Promys Europe on a full scholarship, which will be held at Oxford in person. He was also offered a full scholarship to attend S. T. Yau Math Camp, founded by the support and academic guidance of Chinese-American Fields Medalist S. T. Yau (Harvard and BIMSR). 
    • Keisha Kwok participated at EGMO 2026 as a part of the UK National Team. 
    • AMMOC is delighted to announce that long-term AMMOC protégé Parth Andhare has earned a Certificate of Merit at the prestigious British Mathematical Olympiad Round II (BMO2). This achievement reflects exceptional mathematical talent, perseverance, and dedication at one of the world’s most challenging proof-based mathematics competitions
    • AMMOC congratulates Team DHM–AMMOC (USA–Junior I) for their excellent performance at the Stanford Math Tournament 2026. Parth Andhare (Rank 9), Prasanna Pawar, Ananya Kalia, and Karma Pillai earned DHM in the geometry paper of the SMT. In the algebra paper, Prasanna Pawar and Vibu earned DHM, and Parth and Shaurya Patil earned an HM. Kalkin Gandhi, an eighth grader, earned a DHM on the general paper of the SMT.
    • AMMOC is proud to announce that multiple AMMOC teams earned distinctions at the 2026 Purple Comet Math Meet, one of the world’s largest international online mathematics competitions. AMMOC (US & Canada) received an Honorable Mention in the High School Small School Division, while AMMOC (US Junior Division) secured second place (tie) in the California Middle School Small School Division. The competition featured thousands of teams from over 80 countries worldwide. AMMOC congratulates all participating students and mentors on these outstanding achievements.
    • In January 2026, at the British Mathematical Olympiad (I), Thomas McCormick, Parth Andhare, Prasanna Pawar, and Medha Shrivastava won an honorable mention; Keisha Kwok won a distinction. 
    • In January 2026, at the American Mathematics Competition, Prasanna Pawar earned a historic perfect score; Sumanyu Nandecha (AMC 10, 144), Madani Valenci (AMC 12, 145.5), and Rakshit Chandrashekar (AMC 10, 145.5) earned Honor Roll of Distinction; Ananya Kalia (AMC 10, 105) earned a Distinction; and Raeyaan Muppaneni (138, AMC 12), Parth Andhare (118.5), Sergei Makarevich (111), Shaurya Patil (96), and Darsan Sivakumar (99, AMC 10) earned a certification of Excellence and a certificate of Achievement for being in the top 10% internationally. They are all invited to attend AIME 2026.
    • In January 2026, Parth Andhare and Anika Dubey earned Certificates of Distinction on the Canadian senior (and intermediate mathematics challenges, respectively.
    • In December 2025, AMMOC ranked 17th (among the selectively invited 76 teams of 6 students each) internationally in the Princeton University Mathematics Competition, and this year’s paper was based on the subject of the Continuum Hypothesis, 2025.
    • In December 2025, Sarang Agarwaal earned a perfect score and thus a gold medal; Alicia Huaimo earned a bronze and HM; and Aarnav Sivachandran ranked in the second quartile at the Canadian Jay Mathematics Competition of the Canadian Mathematical Society. 
    • In October, Team AMMOC earned truly international standing by winning two gold medals (each with a perfect score), one silver, one bronze, and two HMs on the Canadian Lynx Mathematics Competition of the Canadian Mathematical Society, 2025. 
    • In October, five pupils of AMMOC earned gold medals in the Senior Mathematics Challenge of the UK Mathematics Trust, and all five of them cleared the cut-off of the British Mathematical Olympiad I of the UKMT, 2025.
    • In September, 24 pupils of the AMMOC participated, and we had a breathtaking performance with 1 prize award (awarded only to one in the respective grade), 10 High Distinctions, 10 Distinctions, and 3 Credits in the world-renowned Australian Mathematics Competition of the Australian Mathematics Trust, 2025.
    • In August, five mentees of AMMOC earned the title of Distinguished HM and HM at the Berkeley mini-Math Tournament of UC Berkeley, 2025.
    • In June, Team AMMOC was honored with a performance with honors in the Purple Comet Math Meet of the Awesome Academy of the USA, 2025.
    • In April, two teams of the AMMOC were conferred the titles of Distinguished HM and HM at the Stanford Math Tournament of Stanford University, one of the world’s most prestigious contests, 2025.

The following are mathematical achievements of Parth Sakharam Andhare (India), the most scholarly pupil of AMMOC thus far.

The following is a brief list of honors and awards [with evidence documented here on Google Drive] that Parth has earned since the time he joined AMMOC in February 2023. 

  1. Certificate of Distinguished Honorable Mention, Geometry Paper, Stanford Math Tournament, 2026
  2. Certificate of Honorable Mention, Algebra Paper, Stanford Math Tournament, 2026 .
  3. Certificate of Merit, British Mathematical Olympiad II, 2026.
  4. Scored 14/15 on the AIME, Mathematical Association of America, 2026.
  5. Certificate of Distinction in Euclid Contest, CEMC, University of Waterloo, 2026.
  6. Certificate of Distinction in Hypatia Contest, CEMC, University of Waterloo, 2026.
  7. Certificate of Excellence for qualifying to compete in AIME 2026. My Score in AMC 12 B was 118.5, 2025.
  8. Certificate of Distinction, Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge of the Canadian Mathematical Society, 2025, a flagship contest of the Canadian Math Society.
  9. Certificate of Distinguished Hon. Mention, Algebra, Berkeley Math Tournament, 2025
  10. Certificate of Honorable Mention, Geometry Paper, Berkeley Math Tournament, 2025.
  11. Certificate of Merit, British Mathematical Olympiad  (I), UKMT, 2025.
  12. Certificate of Gold Medal, Senior Mathematics Challenge (2025), UKMT-the flagship body for overseeing BMO, EGMO, IMO in the UK.
  13. Certificate of Distinction, Canadian Senior Mathematics Competition, University of Waterloo, 2025.
  14. Certificate of High Distinction, Australian Mathematics Competition, 2025, the flagship international contest of the Australian Math Trust.
  15. Certificate of Honorable Mention, Purple Comet Math Meet, Awesome Math Academy, 2025.
  16. Certificate of Distinction, Euclid Contest, University of Waterloo, 2025. This is widely regarded as the most prestigious contest of Canada on par with AIME.
  17. Certificate of International Honor and Distinction, Cayley Contest, University of Waterloo, 2025. AMC 10 equivalent of the Canada.
  18. Certificate of Distinction and International Honor, Galois Contest, University of Waterloo, 2025.
  19. Certificate of Distinction, Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge, 2024.
  20. Certificate of Distinguished Honorable Mention, Algebra Paper, Berkeley Math Tournament, 2024.
  21. Certificate of Honorable Mention, Geometry Paper, Berkeley Math Tournament, 2024.
  22. Certificate of Distinction and International Honor, Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Challenge, 2024.
  23. Certificate of Performance with Credits, Australian Mathematics Competition, 2024.
  24. Certificate of Distinction, Pascal Contest, University of Waterloo, 2024.
  25. Certificate of Distinction and International Honor, Fryer Contest, University of Waterloo, 2024.
  26. Certificate of First Quartile, Canadian Lynx Mathematics Competition, 2023.
  27. Certificate of Distinction, Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Challenge, CIMC, 2023.
  28. Certificate of Distinction, Fryer contest, University of Waterloo, 2023.
  29. Certificate of Merit (National), Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics, the first phase of the Indian National Math Olympiad, 2025 & invitation for RMO
  30. Certificate of Merit (Regional), Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics, 2025. 
  31. Certificate of Merit (National), Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics, the first phase of the Indian National Math Olympiad, 2024. 
  32. Certificate of Merit (Regional), Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics, 2024.

The following are mathematical achievements of Prasanna Mahesh Pawar, an incoming freshman at KAIST. 

 American, Canadian, Australian and British Mathematics Competitions-

Followings are mathematical achievements of Sarthak Dattatray Dhobale , now a freshman at Princeton on a full scholarship. He will major in mathematics, class of 2029. 

 American, Canadian and Australian Mathematics Competitions-

Followings are distinction in Indian and Asian Mathematics Olympiad

Followings are mathematical achievements of Tisya Chandrashekhar Rawat ( an UG student of Mathematics at CALTECH Class of 2027, with full scholarship)- 

American, Canadian and Australian Mathematics Competitions:

Followings are mathematical achievements of Konstantinos Charalampous ( an UG student of Mathematics at University of Chicago, class of 2027, with full scholarship).

  • Honourable Mention in the most prestigious Olympiad – 63rd International Mathematical Olympiad 2022.
  • Honourable Mention in the 37th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 31st October – 5th November 2020.
  • Gold medal in the Cyprus National Math Olympiad, consequently, member of Cyprus National Math Team in the 63rd International Mathematical Olympiad at Oslo Norway from 6th – 16th July 2022. He won honorable mention in this and this played a crucial role in his admission and scholarships at University of Chicago.
  • Gold medal in the Cyprus National Math Olympiad, consequently, was member of Cyprus National Math Team in the 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad (Distance, Virtual and Augmented) from 18th – 24th July 2021.
  • Gold medal in the Cyprus National Math Olympiad, consequently, member of Cyprus National Math Team in the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (Distance, Virtual and Augmented) from 20th – 28th September, 2020.
  • Team Leader (Team Cosmic) in F1 in Schools, Cyprus National Finals, 2022.
  • Member of Cyprus National Math Team in the 39th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad at Agros (Cyprus) from the 4th – 9th May 2022.
  • Member of Cyprus National Math Team the 38th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (Distance, Virtual and Augmented) from 6th – 10th September 2021.
  • Member of Cyprus National Math Team the 37th Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (Distance, Virtual and Augmented) from 31st October – 5th November 2020.

Followings are mathematical achievements of Adelina Patlatii ( a sophomore in Mathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computer Science at University of Toronto, class of 2026)