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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Fall 2023 PUTNAM CLUB!</div></font></span>
<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Spring 2025 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>


'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (from September 27th) in Van Vleck B325 for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!'''


The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students. This year, the exam is on Saturday, December 2nd.
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The exam is run in two three-hour sessions of six problems each. This is a difficult exam with many interesting and fun problems.


<div style="text-align: center;">[http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Old exams and more information on the Putnam competition.]</div>
The [[Undergraduate Math Competition | Ninth UW Undergraduate Math Competition]] took place on April 19th.  


'''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). '''
Regular club meetings are on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm in room VV B123. Come for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!
 
 
 
<div style="text-align: center;">[http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Old Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition.]
 
<div style="text-align: center;">[[Putnam Club Archive | The archive of the Putnam Club from past years, with many practice problems.]]</div>
 
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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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | January 29th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-012925.pdf|Problems]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-020525.pdf|Complex numbers]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021225.pdf|Two algebra (!) problems]] (my favorites)
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/math-assets/math-competition-flyers/UMUMC41_problems.pdf Let's look at Michigan Undergraduate Math competition]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 26th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" |
| bgcolor="yellow" | Continue working on problems from last time
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" | Number theory
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 2nd ('''6pm''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
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|Meeting September 27, 2023
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 9th ('''6pm''')
Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
| First meeting - topic TBA.
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|Meeting October 4, 2023
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 16th
Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| TBA
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Apr-16-problems.pdf|Differential equations]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 19th (Saturday: 9am-noon)
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | UW Undergraduate Math Competition
| bgcolor="yellow" | Van Vleck B115
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 23rd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:UWUMC25.pdf|UW undergraduate math competition]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 30th ('''Last meeting of the semester''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
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WELCOME TO THE Spring 2025 PUTNAM CLUB!
Organizers: Dima Arinkin, Shamgar Gurevich, Cole Graham, Alexei Poltoratski


The Ninth UW Undergraduate Math Competition took place on April 19th.

Regular club meetings are on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm in room VV B123. Come for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!


Old Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition.

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).

January 29th Problem potluck Problems
February 5th Dima Arinkin Complex numbers
February 12th Dima Arinkin Two algebra (!) problems (my favorites)
February 19th Dima Arinkin Let's look at Michigan Undergraduate Math competition
February 26th Continue working on problems from last time
March 5th Alexei Poltoratski TBA
March 12th Alexei Poltoratski TBA
March 19th Problem potluck Number theory
April 2nd (6pm) Shamgar Gurevich
April 9th (6pm) Shamgar Gurevich
April 16th Cole Graham Differential equations
April 19th (Saturday: 9am-noon) UW Undergraduate Math Competition Van Vleck B115
April 23rd Cole Graham UW undergraduate math competition
April 30th (Last meeting of the semester) Problem potluck
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