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2009 Freshman Prize Information
2009 Rochester Olympiad Information
A very nice new Putnam preparation book is
Putnam and Beyond
by Razvan Gelca and Titu
Andreescu. On campus, just clicking the above link will get you to
the book. Off campus, the following webpages from the Cornell library
explain how Cornell Community members can access the book as well:
Another good problem book available this way as well as information
about the whole range of newly accessible materials are below:
We will have weekly practice sessions
in the Fall of 2009 starting at 4:45 in the Malott fifth floor lounge.
- First Meeting Wed Sep. 23: Introductory information followed by
a session "Fun Problems" led by Prof. Riley.
- Wed Sep. 30: Putnam and Beyond Ch. 1 (Methods of Proof)
- Wed Oct. 7: Putnam and Beyond 2.4, 3.1 (Abstract Algebra, Sequences, Series)
- Wed Oct. 14: Putnam and Beyond 3.2 (Continuity, Derivatives, and Integrals)
- Wed Oct. 21: Undergraduate Reception at 3:45
- Wed Oct. 28: Putnam and Beyond 4.1 (Geometry)
- Wed Nov. 4: Putnam and Beyond 5 (Number Theory)
- Wed Nov. 11: Putnam and Beyond 4.2 (Trigonometry)
- Wed Nov. 18: Putnam and Beyond 6 (Combinatorics and Probability)
Practice Putnam Exam 2008
2009's Putnam practices will be organized in 2009 by Prof. Riley,
Prof. Muscalu, and Dr. Back.
Last Update: Nov. 1, 2009
E-mail to
putnam@math.cornell.edu
is one way to be added to our
Putnam preparation mailing list and registered for the exam.
Books on Reserve during Fall 2009 in the Math Library
(Since we are not a course, the library has had some trouble listing these books under course reserve. They suggest going to the online catalog, clicking on
Course Reserve, and then searching with DEPARTMENT "Math" and
INSTRUCTOR "Allen Back".)
- The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition problems,solutions, and commentary : 1985-2000
- Kiran S. Kedlaya, Bjorn
Poonen, Ravi Vakil.
- The William Lowell Putnam mathematical competition :
problems and solutions, 1938-1964
- A.M. Gleason, R.E. Greenwood, L.M. Kelly.
- The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition : problems
and solutions, 1965-1984
- Gerald L. Alexanderson, Leonard
F. Klosinski, Loren C. Larson.
- Problem solving through problems
- Loren C. Larson.
- Problem-solving strategies
- Arthur Engel.
- Polynomials
- E.J. Barbeau.
- The Cauchy-Schwarz master class : an introduction to the art of
mathematical inequalities
- J. Michael Steele.
- Geometric problems on maxima and minima
- Titu Andreescu, Oleg
Mushkarov, Luchezar Stoyanov.
- 104 Number theory problems : from the training of the USA IMO
team
- Titu Andreescu, Dorin Andrica, Zuming Feng.
- 102 combinatorial problems : from the training of the USA IMO
team
- Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng.
- Index to mathematical problems, 1975-1979
- edited by Stanley
Rabinowitz and Mark Bowron.
- Index to mathematical problems, 1980-1984
- edited by Stanley
Rabinowitz.
One of the most beautiful Putnam preparation books is the 1985-2000 collection
by Kiran S. Kedlaya, Bjorn Poonen, and Ravi Vakil. Available from the
MAA
or e.g. Amazon.
Older Materials
Some Resources
- William Lowell Putnam Competition Archive.
- Excellent source for solutions 1995-present.
- John Scholes Putnam Problems
- Huge and amazingly complete, but with rephrasings due to copyright needs, and often brief solutions.
- (Original Link no longer working?)
- Copy of Archive of the John Scholes Putnam Collection. (link added 2/09)
- Wayback Machine with Archives of the Web from the Past
- John Scholes IMO site.
- International Math Olympiad Problems are sometimes at a similar level to Putnam ones.
- (Link no longer working?)
- Dave Rusin's Putnam Page
- Official Awards Site
- Google Problem Archives Pointers
- Official Website for Putnam Competition
- American Mathematical Monthly via JSTOR
- Archives here contain annual writeups (e.g. Oct. 85-87, 89, 93-98) of the competition. More months listed here.
- Prof. Kahan's Berkeley Preparation Notes
- Many years worth in one place.
- International Mathematics Competition
for University Students
- Canadian IMO Site
- IMO Compendium
- IMO Compendium Olympiad Training Materials
- Putnam Fellow
- from the Wikipedia. Includes some interesting historical information.
- E-mail to
- putnam@math.cornell.edu
- will be forwarded to this year's local organizers.
(Camil Muscalu, Tim Riley, Allen Back)
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