The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
is a prestigious
nationwide (USA and Canada) math competition held each December for
undergraduates -- 12 questions, 6 hours (two sessions). This year the
Putnam exam will be held on Saturday, December 6th, 2008.
Individual and team winners (and their schools, in the latter
case) get some money and a few minutes of fame! Results for a given
December's exam usually become available in early April of the
following year.
The exam is run by the Mathematical Association of America. The competition is open to all Colorado State undergraduates who have not yet received a college degree. No individual may participate in the competition more than four times. If you think that you might want to participate in the 2008 competition please contact me, Justin Sawon, as soon as possible (entries close on October 14th, 2008). I will add your name to the mailing list and keep you informed.
I will organize some practice sessions in November. In the mean time, the best practice for the competition would be to attempt some past problems, and you are also welcome to discuss the problems with me during my office hours (Monday and Tuesday 3-4pm in Weber 114).
The official web page for the competition (not yet updated from last year). Copies of the problems are available back to 1980. Copies of the solutions are available back to 1995.
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by Justin Sawon
Tuesday, 07-Oct-2008 22:06:02 MDT
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sawon@math.colostate.edu