The 2024 Alibaba Mathematics Competition Finals will be held on June 22, **Beijing time**, and will last **24 hours**. Participants can choose any consecutive **8 hours** within the competition window to answer.

The following is the relevant information:

### Final format and question type

- **Format**: Individual competition, online competition

- **Question type**: Answer question, proof question

### Track and reward settings

- **Track**:

1. Algebra and number theory, 2. Geometry and topology, 3. Analysis and equations, 4. Combination and probability, 5. Applied and computational mathematics

- **Award**: 5 gold medals, prize money $30,000/person; 10 silver medals, prize money $15,000/person; 20 bronze medals, prize money $8,000/person; 50 excellent awards, prize money $2,000/person.

### Final question range

- **Algebra and number theory**: Abstract algebra, algebraic number theory, commutative algebra, group and representation theory.

- **Geometry and Topology**: Algebraic Topology, Differential Topology, Manifolds and Lie Groups, Riemannian Geometry.

- **Analysis and Equations**: Harmonic Analysis, Elliptic Equations, Complex Analysis, Real Analysis.

- **Combinatorics and Probability**: Extreme Value/Probability/Algebraic Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Discrete Geometry, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Operations Research and Combinatorial Optimization, Mathematical Theory of Computer Science.

- **Applied and Computational Mathematics**: Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Optimization Methods, Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Machine Learning.

I hope this information can help you better prepare for the 2024 Alibaba Mathematics Competition Finals. I wish you excellent results in the competition!