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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Fall 2024 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: Dima Arinkin, Shamgar Gurevich, Cole Graham, Alexei Poltoratski</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>
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Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm in Van Vleck <s>B131</s> '''B123''' for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!
<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!!!
 


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.]


<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 4th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | January 29th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="yellow" | Bring your own problem! [[Media:Putnam-090424.pdf|The list of problems]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-012925.pdf|Problems]]


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 11th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Bring your own problem! [[Media:Putnam-091124.pdf|The list of problems]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-020525.pdf|Complex numbers]]


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 18th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-091824.pdf|Combinatorics]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021225.pdf|Two algebra (!) problems]] (my favorites)


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 25th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-092524.pdf|Generating series]]
| 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" | October 2nd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 26th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltaratski
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" |  
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100224.pdf|Sequences]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | Continue working on problems from last time


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 9th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltaratski
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-100924.pdf|Inequalities and limits]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 16th
| 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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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 9th ('''6pm''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 16th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-16-problems.pdf|Probability]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Apr-16-problems.pdf|Differential equations]]


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 23th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 19th ('''Saturday: 9am-noon''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | UW Undergraduate Math Contest
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-23-problems.pdf|Probability and inequalities]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | Van Vleck B115


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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 30th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 23rd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-30-problems.pdf|Geometry]]
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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


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