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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 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, Cole Graham, Botong Wang, Chenxi Wu </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!!!'''
'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (from September 17) in Van Vleck B341 for some challenging questions, pizzas and drinks!!!'''  


In the spring, the UW holds our own in-house Undergraduate Math Contest. It is (tentatively) scheduled for Saturday, April 13th.  
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:blue"><font size="3"> The 86th Putnam competition will take place on Saturday, December 6, in two sessions: 9AM-Noon and 2PM-5PM. More information and a registration link will be posted later.</font></span>


'''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). '''
The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students. In a regular year is given on the first Saturday in December. The exam consists of 12 problems, 6 in the 3 hour morning session and 6 in the 3-hour afternoon session. Each problem is worth 10 points, so the maximum score is 120. National winners usually get around 100 points. The median score is generally around 0-2 points. 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.] 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.]
 
<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 17
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Botong Wang
| bgcolor="yellow" | Assorted algebra problems
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam_Number_theory2025.pdf|Basic number theory problems]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 7
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 24
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Botong Wang
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| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam_Number_theory2025_2.pdf|Basic number theory problems, continued]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 14
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 1
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021424.pdf|Multivariable Calculus]].
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-1.pdf|Analysis]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 21
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 8
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Paul Apisa
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-022124.pdf|Polynomials]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 28
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 15
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | Problem Potluck!
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 6
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 22
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Brian Lawrence
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Chenxi Wu
| bgcolor="yellow" |  
| bgcolor="yellow" |  
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 13
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 29
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Chenxi Wu
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-031324.pdf|Sequences, series, and recurrences]]
| bgcolor="yellow" |  
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 20
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 5
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-032024.pdf|Real numbers]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 12
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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="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Introductory meeting - [[Media:Putnam-092723.pdf|assorted problems]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 4
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 19
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | Problem Potluck!
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100423.pdf|Polynomials]].
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | December 3
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 11
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="yellow" |  
| 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" | December 6<br> (Saturday)
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Laurel Ohm
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | <B>Putnam</B>
| 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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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | December 10
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 30 September 2025

WELCOME TO THE Fall 2025 PUTNAM CLUB!
Organizers: Dima Arinkin, Cole Graham, Botong Wang, Chenxi Wu

Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (from September 17) in Van Vleck B341 for some challenging questions, pizzas and drinks!!!

The 86th Putnam competition will take place on Saturday, December 6, in two sessions: 9AM-Noon and 2PM-5PM. More information and a registration link will be posted later.

The Putnam Exam, offered by the Mathematical Association of America, is the premier American math competition for undergraduate students. In a regular year is given on the first Saturday in December. The exam consists of 12 problems, 6 in the 3 hour morning session and 6 in the 3-hour afternoon session. Each problem is worth 10 points, so the maximum score is 120. National winners usually get around 100 points. The median score is generally around 0-2 points. 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 17 Botong Wang Basic number theory problems
September 24 Botong Wang Basic number theory problems, continued
October 1 Cole Graham Analysis
October 8 Cole Graham
October 15 Problem Potluck!
October 22 Chenxi Wu
October 29 Chenxi Wu
November 5 Dima Arinkin
November 12 Dima Arinkin
November 19 Problem Potluck!
December 3 Cole Graham
December 6
(Saturday) 		Putnam
December 10 Cole Graham
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