Correspondence Physics
Competition
Correspondence
competitions in solving problems, designated for students of grammar schools,
have
a long tradition in
The
Correspondence Physics Competition (CPC) was created in 1983 in
The
CPC was founded by the lecturers of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and
Informatics at
Problems
solved in the CPC are not standard book-style problems. Our aim is to lead the
participants to experiments and to approach common phenomena through physics.
In order to achieve this goal we are not proposing only problems like “You know
X and Y, find Z!”, but also problems like “Explain!”
and “Try out!”. Since we try not to repeat problems, making up new series of
problems is quite challenging. Sometimes we use older literature to find new
problems, but we are also making up our new original problems – some of them
are listed on the second page.
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Preparing
the competition is not our only activity. We organize a weeklong stay for the
best participants in the CPC twice a year. Each camp brings together 30
talented young physicists. The basic
element of the daily program there is physics in various forms, i.e. lectures,
games, experiments and discussions… The rest of the day consists of several
games and sport activities, which help to build a good atmosphere in the camp.
Our participants enjoy these stays very much. The possibility of coming there
is an important motivation for further problem solving – and helps to develop
students’ deeper interest in physics.
Some
contest problems
Here
are some original problems, which were proposed in the CPC.
We hope that you find them interesting and helpful.