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WELCOME TO THE Spring 2024 PUTNAM CLUB!
Organizers: Paul Apisa, Dima Arinkin, Brian Lawrence, Laurel Ohm
The Eighth UW Undergraduate Math Competition was on Saturday, April 13th. Please Here is more information about past competitions - winners and problem sets.
Join us on Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm (first meeting on Jan 31st) in Van Vleck B325 for some challenging questions, pizza and soda!!!
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 | Brian Lawrence | Assorted algebra problems |
| February 7 | Brian Lawrence | |
| February 14 | Paul Apisa | Multivariable Calculus. |
| February 21 | Paul Apisa | Polynomials. |
| February 28 | Brian Lawrence | |
| March 6 | Brian Lawrence | |
| March 13 | Dima Arinkin | Sequences, series, and recurrences |
| March 20 | Dima Arinkin | Real numbers |
| April 3 | Laurel Ohm | Inequalities |
| April 10 | Laurel Ohm | Functional Equations |
| April 24 | Paul Apisa | Games |
| May 1 | Paul Apisa | Games |
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 |