From matty@cs.vu.nl Mon Jan 28 05:12:03 1991 Return-Path: Received: from fiu.edu (serss0) by scs.fiu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA28559; Mon, 28 Jan 91 05:12:02 EST Received: from top.cs.vu.nl by fiu.edu (4.1/SMI/FIU-4.0.2) id AA09785; Mon, 28 Jan 91 05:11:36 EST Received: from fluit.cs.vu.nl by top.cs.vu.nl id aa13031; 28 Jan 91 11:09 MET Date: Mon, 28 Jan 91 11:09:10 MET From: Matty Huntjens To: luiss@fiu.edu Subject: 1990 Mountain Region Contest Message-Id: <9101281109.aa04782@fluit.cs.vu.nl> Status: RO Mr. Luiss, in the ftp file pub/WELCOME I found your mail address as the place to send comments on the contests in the archive. I am the advisor of the team from the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that will take part in the 1991 finals in San Antonio. This team practiced last Saturday by making the problems from the 1990 Mountain Region Contest. I think that there is a scan error in problem 6. At the moment the problem states: Calculate R := BP mod M since this is much to easy I think it should be Calculate P R := B mod M A further indication that this was ment to be the problem is the fact that the third example is only correct with this interpretation. The answer to the second example is wrong in both interpretations. The result from a "mod 3" operation can never be 3. The correct answer is 2. Maybe you can correct this in the archived contest. Greetings, Matty Huntjens (matty@cs.vu.nl) - - - - - - - - - - mail address: Matty Huntjens, Faculteit Wiskunde & Informatica, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands telephone: + 31 020 5485575 fax : + 31 020 427705