2013 Rochester Olympiad Information

Announcements

Our seventh meeting on Wed Nov. 7 is at 4:45 in the Malott fifth floor lounge. The topic will be geometry. (Pages 201-231 of Putnam and Beyond by Razvan Gelca and Titu Andreescu address this topic.) 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:

• Easy off campus access with the passkey
• Passkey+Bookmarklet

Light refreshments will be served.

The 2012 Putnam is Saturday Dec 1. from 10 to 1 and 3 to 6 in Malott 251. (We'll serve a pizza lunch in between.)

• Sep. 28: Introduction and Fun Problems.
• Oct. 3: Number Theory. (Pages 245-279 of P&B + handout from first session.)
• Oct. 10: Analysis (sequences, continuity, differentiability, and integration -- Pages 97-167 of P&B) Part 1
• Oct. 17: Combinatorics. (Pages 281-310, 1-24 of P&B)
• Oct. 24: Analysis (sequences, continuity, differentiability, and integration -- Pages 97-167 of P&B) Part 2
• Oct. 31: Linear Algebra. (Pages 61-87 of P&B)

• Sep. 28 at 5pm: Introduction and Fun Problems.
• Oct. 5 at 4:45pm: Number Theory. (Pages 245-279 of P&B + handout from first session.)
• Oct. 12 at 4:45pm: Differential Equations. (Pages 191-200 of P&B + handout from first session.)
• Oct. 19 at 4:45pm: Inequalities. (Pages 25-45, 142-147, 156-159 of P&B + handout from first session.)
• Oct. 26 at 5pm: Linear Algebra/Algebra. (Pages 61-96 of P&B)
• Nov 2 at 4:45pm: Sequences/Continuity/Differentiation. (Pages 97-124, 125-137, 159-178 of P&B)
• Nov 9 at 4:45pm: Combinatorics. (Pages 281-310, 1-24 of P&B)
• Nov 16 at 4:45pm: Polynomials/Integration.
• Nov 30 at 5pm: Selected Easier Problems

A very nice 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:

• Easy off campus access with the passkey
• Passkey+Bookmarklet

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Other good problem books available this way as well as information about the whole range of newly accessible materials are below:

• Geometric Problems on Maxima and Minima
• Number Theory Structures, Examples, and Problems
• 104 Number Theory Problems
• Mathematical Olympiad Challenges
• Problems in Real Analysis
• Complex Numbers from A to Z
• 103 Trigonometry Problems
• Springer e-books now available
• A primer for mathematics competitions

Many of our practice sessions this year will be coordinated with sections from Putnam and Beyond. It can take a long time to work through all the problems in even one section of this book. So we will sometimes be providing some guides for those who want to spend a more modest amount of time on this.

Practice Putnam Exam 2010

• Practice Putnam Exam for 2010
• Solution Hints

Practice Putnam Exam 2008

• Corrected Practice Putnam Exam for 2008 (epsilon < 1 added on problem 3)
• Solution Hints

2012's Putnam practices will be organized by Prof. Muscalu and Dr. Back.

• Information Sheet from the 2011 organizational meeting.
• Poster for 2011 Organizational Meeting

Last Update: Feb. 15, 2013