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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Fall 2023 PUTNAM CLUB!</div></font></span>
<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">WELCOME TO THE Spring 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: Paul Apisa, Dima Arinkin, Brian Lawrence, Laurel Ohm </font></span>


'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (from September 27th) in Van Vleck B325 for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!'''
'''Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (first meeting on Jan 31st) in Van Vleck B325 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 2nd.
In the spring, the UW holds our own in-house Undergraduate Math Contest. It is (tentatively) scheduled for Saturday, April 13th.  
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 exams and more information on the Putnam competition.]</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). '''
 
<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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<span style="color:Indigo"><font size="5"> <div style="text-align: center;">Fall 2023</div></font></span>
 


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Revision as of 18:00, 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