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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 21) 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>
 
The [[Undergraduate Math Competition | Ninth UW Undergraduate Math Competition]] took place on April 19th.
 
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" | September 17
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | TBA
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-012925.pdf|Problems]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-020525.pdf|Complex numbers]]
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 12th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Putnam-021225.pdf|Two algebra (!) problems]] (my favorites)
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | February 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Dima Arinkin
| 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
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| bgcolor="yellow" | Continue working on problems from last time
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 5th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
 
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Alexei Poltoratski
| bgcolor="yellow" | TBA
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | March 19th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Problem potluck
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 9th ('''6pm''')
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 16th
| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | Cole Graham
| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:Apr-16-problems.pdf|Differential equations]]
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | UW Undergraduate Math Competition
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| bgcolor="#D0D0D0" | April 23rd
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| bgcolor="yellow" | [[Media:UWUMC25.pdf|UW undergraduate math competition]]
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Revision as of 17:45, 15 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 21) 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 TBA TBA
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