Putnam Page, T.Matsumoto, Fall 2007

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
~*~ FALL 2007 ~*~
(last updated Nov. 19, 2007)

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The 68th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition will be held this year on Saturday, December 1, 2007.

Students who do not have a bachelors degree (in any discipline) and who have taken the exam fewer than 4 times are eligible to participate.
The registration form is due in early October. Let me know if you are a CR student who wants to register!

OUR NEXT Putnam Prep "Pizza and Problems" Session for this Semester:

Nov 30 ??

Spread the word! Anyone interested can come and join in on the fun!

N.B.: All students are welcome to the problem-solving sessions regardless of whether they want to participate in the Putnam Competition this year (or ever).

Putnam Rules, Information, and Past Putnam Questions (Links to websites)
Detailed Information (Santa Clara Univ. page)	Putnam Prizes and Winners (from the MAA)
Putnam Exam Description, Rules and Grading, thanks to Dr. Yang Kuang, at Arizona State University Putnam Exam Regulations (pdf), thanks to Prof. W. Kahan at UC Berkeley	Putnam Exams from the Past (1938-2003) Thanks to John Scholes in the U.K.

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Websites that may be helpful:
(in no particular order)

Nicholas Rogers' Math 294 Putnam Seminar page at Univ. of Arizona.
Look at the bottom part of the page. There are links to some strategies.
A.J. Hildebrand's websites (at Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign):
- Resource List.
  This lists some books and articles that may be of help.
- Math Contests page. Contains Mock Putnam, with answers.
- Problems and solutions of the UIUC Undergraduate Math Contest. Similar in format and content to the Putnam competition, but the problems may be easier.
David J. Wright's "Power Putnam Preparation" [pdf file] [html version, from Google]. In particular, look at "Preparation and Strategy," "Plan of Attack," "Working on Individual Problems," and "References."
Dave Rusin's Putnam page Solution sets and comments compiled from postings on the sci.math newsgroup. Online resources and citations for exams dating back to 1987.
Patrick J. Fitzsimmons' Putnam page Postscript, Adobe Acrobat, and dvi downloads of problem sets from the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition dating back to 1980. With links to solutions hosted by others, and information on participation.
Ravi Vakils Putnam Problem-Solving Seminar handouts:
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Putnam Prep "Pizza and Problems" Sessions:

Session #1: Friday, Sept. 28, 4pm
Session #2: Friday, Oct. 12, 4pm
Session #3: Friday, Oct. 26, 4pm
Session #4: Friday, Nov. 9, 4pm

Tentatively, the next possible "Pizza & Problems" date:

Nov 30??

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Putnam Prep "***Pizza and Problems***" Session Calendar:
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sep 24	Sep 25	Sep 26	Sep 27 4pm HSU Colloquium: Kieval Speaker 8pm Kieval Lecture	Sep 28 PPP&P Session #1 4-5pm in PS 117
Oct 1	Oct 2	Oct 3	Oct 4	Oct 5
Oct 8	Oct 9	Oct 10 Powers of 10 Day [link]	Oct 11	Oct 12 PPP&P Session #2 4-5pm in PS 117
Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19
Oct 22	Oct 23	Oct 24 2¹⁰ Day	Oct 25	Oct 26 PPP&P Session #3 4-5:15pm in PS 117
Oct 29	Oct 30	Oct 31 Halloween	Nov 1	Nov 2
Nov 5	Nov 6	Nov 7	Nov 8	Nov 9 PPP&P Session #4 4-5:15pm in PS 117
Nov 12 Veterans Day (CR Holiday)	Nov 13	Nov 14	Nov 15	Nov 16
Nov 19	Nov 20	Nov 21	Nov 22-23 Thanksgiving Holidays
Nov 26	Nov 27	Nov 28	Nov 29	Nov 30 Tent: PPP&P Session #5? 4-5pm ??	Dec 1 Putnam Exam 8-11am, 1-4pm

Rules & Past Putnams

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