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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Spring 2024 PUTNAM CLUB!</div></font></span>
<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Fall 2024 PUTNAM CLUB!</div></font></span>


<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:crimson"><font size="3">Organizers: Paul Apisa, Dima Arinkin, Brian Lawrence, Laurel Ohm </font></span>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:crimson"><font size="3">Organizers: Dima Arinkin, Shamgar Gurevich, Cole Graham, Alexei Poltoratski</font></span>


<font size="4">The '''Eighth UW Undergraduate Math Competition''' was on Saturday, April 13th. Congratulations to the winners: Haran Mouli (1st place), Pramana Saldin (2nd place), and Lucas Allen (3rd place)! </font>
Here is more information about [[Undergraduate Math Competition|past competitions]] - winners and problem sets.


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'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (first meeting on Jan 31st) in Van Vleck B325 for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!'''
'''A problem potluck on September 4th 5:00-6:30pm in the 9th floor lounge! Everyone brings a problem, then we try out each other's problems. Also: pizza and soda!!!'''


'''To sign up for Putnam club email announcements, please send an email to ''putnam-club+join@g-groups.wisc.edu'' (empty subject and body works). '''
'''To sign up for Putnam club email announcements, please send an email to ''putnam-club+join@g-groups.wisc.edu'' (empty subject and body works). '''
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<div style="text-align: center;">[http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Old Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition.] The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">[http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Old Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition.] The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">[[Putnam Club Archive | The archive of the Putnam Club from past years, with many practice problems.]]</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">[[Putnam Club Archive | The archive of the Putnam Club from past years, with many practice problems.]]</div>
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | January 31
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="yellow" | Assorted algebra problems
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 7
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 14
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021424.pdf|Multivariable Calculus]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 21
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-022124.pdf|Polynomials]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 28
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="yellow" |
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 6
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 13
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-031324.pdf|Sequences, series, and recurrences]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 20
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-032024.pdf|Real numbers]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 3
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="yellow" | [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p2S_WOAPlNp1S3V4cD_AscQlOpaTRF1V Inequalities]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 10
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="yellow" | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vbr5Q6EUU8BAkMKTFGBfKrXEH6UUJz69/view?usp=sharing Functional Equations]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 24
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-042324.pdf|Games]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | May 1
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-042324.pdf|Games]]
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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">Fall 2023</div></font></span>
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 27
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Introductory meeting - [[Media:Putnam-092723.pdf|assorted problems]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 4
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100423.pdf|Polynomials]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 11
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="yellow" | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yonONnXcFyI7VRaAyqnYodZuJIXoTfrJ/view?usp=drive_link Calculus problems].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 18
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="yellow" | Even numbered problems from last time and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fe4Dxp7w3C3u5IvnM-U11dVyCWL1S0DA/view?usp=drive_link additional calculus problems]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 25
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-102523.pdf|Number theory]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 1
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Let us try something different today: a mock math contest. Let's look at a past [https://intranet.math.vt.edu/vtrmc/exams/37th%20VTRMC.pdf Virginia Tech Contests].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 8
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="yellow" | Probability
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 15
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="yellow" | Combinatorics
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 22
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| No meeting (Wednesday before Thanksgiving)
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 29
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-112923.pdf|Geometry]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | December 6
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="yellow" | Putnam review
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Revision as of 14:36, 4 September 2024

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WELCOME TO THE Fall 2024 PUTNAM CLUB!
Organizers: Dima Arinkin, Shamgar Gurevich, Cole Graham, Alexei Poltoratski



A problem potluck on September 4th 5:00-6:30pm in the 9th floor lounge! Everyone brings a problem, then we try out each other's problems. Also: pizza and soda!!!

To sign up for Putnam club email announcements, please send an email to putnam-club+join@g-groups.wisc.edu (empty subject and body works).


Old Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition. The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students.