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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>


'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (first meeting on Jan 31st) in Van Vleck B325 for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!'''


In the spring, the UW holds our own in-house Undergraduate Math Contest. It is (tentatively) scheduled for Saturday, April 13th.
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'''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). '''
Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm in Van Vleck <s>B131</s> '''B123''' 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 7th. 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 Putnam exams and more information on the Putnam competition.]


<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>


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 31
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 4th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" | Assorted algebra problems
| bgcolor="yellow" | Bring your own problem! [[Media:Putnam-090424.pdf|The list of problems]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 7
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 11th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| bgcolor="yellow" | Bring your own problem! [[Media:Putnam-091124.pdf|The list of problems]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 14
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 18th
| 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
| bgcolor="yellow" |
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 13
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-031324.pdf|Sequences, series, and recurrences]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-091824.pdf|Combinatorics]]
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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" | September 25th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Introductory meeting - [[Media:Putnam-092723.pdf|assorted problems]].
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-092524.pdf|Generating series]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 4
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 2nd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltaratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100423.pdf|Polynomials]].
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100224.pdf|Sequences]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 9th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltaratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100924.pdf|Inequalities and limits]]


| 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" | October 16th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | Even numbered problems from last time and [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fe4Dxp7w3C3u5IvnM-U11dVyCWL1S0DA/view?usp=drive_link additional calculus problems]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-16-problems.pdf|Probability]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 23th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-23-problems.pdf|Probability and inequalities]]


| 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" | October 30th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| 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].
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-30-problems.pdf|Geometry]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 6th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" | Bring your own problem! Topic: [[Media:Putnam-110624.pdf|Games]]


| 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 13th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-111324.pdf|Number Theory]]


| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 22
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| No meeting (Wednesday before Thanksgiving)
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 20th at '''6 pm'''
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
| bgcolor="yellow" | Linear algebra


| 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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Latest revision as of 18:22, 20 November 2024

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


Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm in Van Vleck B131 B123 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 7th. The exam is run in two three-hour sessions of six problems each. This is a difficult exam with many interesting and fun problems.

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).

September 4th Problem potluck Bring your own problem! The list of problems
September 11th Problem potluck Bring your own problem! The list of problems
September 18th Dima Arinkin Combinatorics
September 25th Dima Arinkin Generating series
October 2nd Alexei Poltaratski Sequences
October 9th Alexei Poltaratski Inequalities and limits
October 16th Cole Graham Probability
October 23th Cole Graham Probability and inequalities
October 30th Cole Graham Geometry
November 6th Problem potluck Bring your own problem! Topic: Games
November 13th Dima Arinkin Number Theory
November 20th at 6 pm Shamgar Gurevich Linear algebra
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