I don't know why India might not do well in math competitions. It may be its low per capita income, considerably below China's. But there are quite a few very eminent Indian (pure) mathematicians currently (including 2014 Fields medalist Bhargava). --Dan On Aug 14, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Cordwell, William R <wrcordw@sandia.gov> wrote:
Historically, Iran has done well in the IMO (not as well this year, but it was still respectable). Prof. Mirzakhani won two gold medals for the Iranian team in the mid 90's. China, USA, Russia are usually in the group of the top teams, as one might expect. Oddly, to me, India has not done as well. Does India emphasize computer science over math, or is it otherwise not as concerned with math, at least as far as HS competitions are concerned? Other reason(s)?