Oral Topics for 2025-2026

• Meet 1: Planning and Scheduling. (NO CALCULATOR) Source: For All Practical Purposes – 9th Edition – by COMAP – Chapter 3 – ISBN: 9781429243162
• Meet 2: Conics. (NO CALCULATOR) Source: AoPS Intermediate Algebra by Richard Rusczyk & Mathew Crawford – Chapter 5 – ISBN: 9781934124048
• Meet 3: Generating Functions. (NO CALCULATOR) Source: AoPS Intermediate Counting & Probability by David Patrick – Chapter 14, ISBN: 1934124060
• Meet 4: Number Theory (Linear Diophantine Equations). (NO CALCULATOR) Source: PDF "Number Theory" written for the 2026 ICTM Regional Math Contest. Additional sources: all past NSML contests on "Linear Diophantine Equations". Includes systems of linear Diophantine equations and Diophantine equations with more than two variables. Does not include any of: number bases, congruence, Chinese Remainder Theorem.