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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). '''
'''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). '''


<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.] 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>


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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">Fall 2023</div></font></span>
<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">Fall 2023</div></font></span>

Revision as of 18:01, 24 January 2024

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WELCOME TO THE Spring 2024 PUTNAM CLUB!
Organizers: Paul Apisa, Dima Arinkin, Brian Lawrence, Laurel Ohm

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.

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).


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.


January 31 TBD TBD


Fall 2023


September 27 Dima Arinkin Introductory meeting - assorted problems.
October 4 Dima Arinkin Polynomials.
October 11 Laurel Ohm Calculus problems.
October 18 Laurel Ohm Even numbered problems from last time and additional calculus problems
October 25 Dima Arinkin Number theory.
November 1 Dima Arinkin Let us try something different today: a mock math contest. Let's look at a past Virginia Tech Contests.
November 8 Brian Lawrence Probability
November 15 Brian Lawrence Combinatorics
November 22 No meeting (Wednesday before Thanksgiving)
November 29 Paul Apisa Geometry.
December 6 Paul Apisa Putnam review