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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.
 
<font size="4">The '''Ninth UW Undergraduate Math Competition''' is this Saturday, '''April 19th''', 9am-noon in VV B115.</font> [[Undergraduate Math Competition | More information about the competition]]
 
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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;">[http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Old exams and more information on the Putnam competition.]</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>


'''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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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 27
| 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="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Introductory meeting - [[Media:Putnam-092723.pdf|assorted problems]].
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021225.pdf|Two algebra (!) problems]] (my favorites)


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 4
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100423.pdf|Polynomials]].
| 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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|October 11
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 12th
|Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yonONnXcFyI7VRaAyqnYodZuJIXoTfrJ/view?usp=drive_link Calculus problems]
| 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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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 9th ('''6pm''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 16th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| 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 Contest
| bgcolor="yellow" | Van Vleck B115
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 23rd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
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Latest revision as of 23:14, 15 April 2025

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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 is this Saturday, April 19th, 9am-noon in VV B115. More information about the competition


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 Contest Van Vleck B115
April 23rd Cole Graham