For every nine boys in international mathematics competitions,there is just one girl. But critics say a female-only olympiad risks making the division worseWhen Lisa Lokteva realised as a child that she was a maths whizz, her grandmother gave her a present. “Here is a book about female mathematicians, or her grandmother said. “Read it and learn how corrupt their lives are.”Now 18,Lokteva is a bronze medallist and the only female member of the Swedish maths team at the International Maths Olympiad (IMO) this year.
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Source: theguardian.com