PC2023 Problem 3 – Intermediate results, week 10

There will be no more hints for Problem 3.

By 1st April 2023, 13:00 GMT, there are 1264 participants from 91 countries. 62 solutions to P3 were submitted, out of which 18 were correct. Additionally, there are two correct solutions from guest participants, see below.

Submissions to Problem 3 are no longer accepted.

Correct solutions from guest participants.
Dobrica Jovanovic, a former Physics Cup winner, currently second year undergraduate student at MIT; solution submitted on 14th February 2023.
Thomas Foster, a former Physics Cup winner, currently a graduate student at Princeton University; solution submitted on 23rd February 2023.

Correct solutions by university students:

LukaPassek-KumeričkiCroatiaUniversity of Zagreb17/2/23 20:32
AnindyaGuriaIndiaIndian Institute of Science26/2/23 13:38
KerimCherkezovTurkmenistanTurkmen State University28/2/23 04:47
LukasSchichtGermanyUniversity of Rostock4/3/23 18:29
AlessioBiccariItalyLa Sapienza11/3/23 21:23
GilRonenIsraelHebrew University of Jerusalem12/3/23 09:04
KonstantinTripunovskiNorth MacedoniaUniversity of Ljubljana – Medical Faculty21/3/23 15:33
SoumyadeepSarmaIndiaIndian Institute of Science26/3/23 06:19
TejasAcharyaIndiaUniversity of Oxford28/3/23 20:33
MarinusLehmannGermanyUniversity of Potsdam30/3/23 10:56

Correct solutions by pre-university students:

Chung WangLamHong KongSt. Paul’s Co-educational College25/2/23 15:52
AlexandarRoussevBulgaria27/2/23 10:02
Ilan, Ivan (Team)Mihelja, HegedićCroatiaXV. gymnasium Zagreb, V. gymnasium Zagreb27/2/23 11:05
FilipVučićCroatiaI. gymnasium Zagreb1/3/23 17:30
EppuLeinonenFinlandMunkkiniemen yhteiskoulu6/3/23 18:27
RuichengMaChinaHarbin Normal University High School19/3/23 22:38
TomasBabelisLithuaniaVilniaus jėzuitų gimnazija20/3/23 12:52
DženanMidžićBosnia and HerzegovinaJU Gimnazija “Bihać”1/4/23 11:46

The list of countries:
Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam