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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Spring 2025 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: 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, Cole Graham, Botong Wang, Chenxi Wu </font></span>


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


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<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>
 
<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. 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.




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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | January 29th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 17
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Botong Wang
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-012925.pdf|Problems]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam_Number_theory2025.pdf|Basic number theory problems]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | September 24
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Botong Wang
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-020525.pdf|Complex numbers]]
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam_Number_theory2025_2.pdf|Basic number theory problems, continued]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 1
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021225.pdf|Two algebra (!) problems]] (my favorites)
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Oct-1.pdf|Analysis]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 8
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| 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" | October 15
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" |  
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | Problem Potluck!
| bgcolor="yellow" | Continue working on problems from last time
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 22
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Chenxi Wu
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | October 29
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Chenxi Wu
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 5
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | Number theory
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 2nd ('''6pm''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 12
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 9th ('''6pm''')
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | November 19
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Shamgar Gurevich
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | Problem Potluck!
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 16th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | December 3
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| 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" | December 6<br> (Saturday)
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | UW Undergraduate Math Contest
| bgcolor="#FFFFE0" | <B>Putnam</B>
| bgcolor="yellow" | Van Vleck B115
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 23rd
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | December 10
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| 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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