Richard Rusczyk

Richard Rusczyk (/ˈrʌzɪk/ or /ˈrʌʒɪk/; Polish: [ˈrustʂɨk]), born 21 September 1971, is the founder of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) Inc. (as well as the website, which serves as a mathematics forum and place to hold online classes) and a co-author of the Art of Problem Solving textbooks. Rusczyk was a national MATHCOUNTS participant in 1985, and he won the USA Math Olympiad in 1989. He is one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and the director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS). He also founded the San Diego Math Circle. Every month, Rusczyk works on the MATHCOUNTS website to create Mathcounts Minis, where he explains problems and concepts.

Richard Rusczyk
Born
Richard Rusczyk

September 21, 1971
Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.
NationalityUSA
Alma materPrinceton University
Known forArt of Problem Solving
Spouse(s)Vanessa Rusczyk
AwardsWorld Federation of National Mathematics Competitions Paul Erdös Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsArt of Problem Solving
InfluencedSam Vandervelde

Other

Rusczyk studied chemical engineering at Princeton University and graduated in 1993. He served on the board for ARML and managed the Western ARML site at one point.

The Art of Problem Solving

In 1994, Rusczyk and Sandor Lehoczky wrote the Art of Problem Solving books, designed to prepare students for mathematical competitions by teaching them concepts and problem-solving methods rarely taught in school. These books lent their name to the company he founded in 2003.

After working for four years as a bond trader for D. E. Shaw & Co., Rusczyk created the Art of Problem Solving website, which provides resources for middle and high school students to develop their mathematics and problem-solving abilities. These include real-time competitions to solve math problems and online tools to learn how to solve problems with increasing difficulty as well as math forums. As of January 6, 2021, there have been 628,640 students, 1,235,514 topics, and a total of 13,134,790 posts on the site. Rusczyk has also published the Art of Problem Solving series of books aimed at a similar audience. The site also provides fee-based online mathematics classes, which range from Prealgebra to Group Theory and Calculus. Additionally, AoPS offers python programming classes. Finally, AoPS offers olympiad level classes in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, called WOOT. You can find a list of classes as well as their descriptions here.

Rusczyk founded and serves on the board of the nonprofit Art of Problem Solving Foundation, which manages the United States of America Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS) and finances numerous local math initiatives around the United States. In 2012, Rusczyk won the MATHCOUNTS distinguished alumnus award. In 2014, Rusczyk won the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[1] Art of Problem Solving(AoPS) also has a vast community of over 500,000 math, computer science, and physics enthusiasts. You can visit the community here.

In 2020, MATHCOUNTS was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its stead, AoPS hosted the online MATHCOUNTS Week.[2] AoPS also hosted the second round of the American Invitational Mathematics Examination as the American Online Invitational Mathematics Examination.[3] AoPS also hosted the AMC 8 from November 10–16, and will host the AMC 10A and B in February.

aops.com

The Art of Problem Solving website, or aops.com is a website that has paid online math courses, with 90-minute lessons every week from 4:30 to 6:00 PM PST and sets of problems which the students are encouraged to solve for homework. The website also hosts a large number of forums where users can post math problems, as well as play math & strategy game. The aops wiki contains lots of formulas and other information: aops.com/wiki/index.php During the Pandemic during 2020-2021, they are hosting several math/science competitions, including the AMC10/12, AMC8, AOIME, USO(J)MO, Putnam, F=ma, USABO, and other competitions.

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "MATHCOUNTS week". Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  3. "American Online Invitational Mathematics Examination". Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
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