Special preparation session. Fridays, October 12, 26, November 9, 23, 2-4pm, HS100. The sessions are geared toward the students who can not make it to the regular meetings.The official William Lowell Putnam Competition page.
All the Putnam problems since 1985 and solutions (since 1995).
Older Putnam problems and solutions.
Putnam page of Professor Barbeau.
Meeting 1, July 18, 10-12, BA6183: Combinatorics and counting. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
Meeting 2, August 1, 10-12, BA6180: Calculus. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
Meeting 3, August 15, 10-12, BA6183: Algebra. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
Meeting 4, August 29, 10-12, BA6183: Probability. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
This year preparation sessions are organized by Professors Binder, Herzig, and Kamnitzer. The plan is to meet for preparation sessions once a week, on Mondays, 4-6pm, at UC65, and work on problems from past competitions. Many of the problems are very interesting and require only basic undergraduate mathematics (and sometimes even less than that). On the other hand, the questions are quite challenging. We would like to add that even solving one or two questions on the competition is impressive, and can be a nice addition to your CV.
We plan to have our first meeting on September 24.
We invite you to participate in the training sessions on Mondays and to take part in the competition in December.
Meeting 1, September 24, 4-6pm, University College 65. Sequences. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
Meeting 2, October 1, 4-6pm, University College 65. Number Theory. Sample problem set. Sample advanced problem set.
Meeting 3, October 15, 4-6pm, University College 65. Matrices.
Meeting 4, October 22, 4-6pm, University College 65. Calculus.
Meeting 5, October 29, 4-6pm, University College 65. Algebra.
Meeting 6, November 5, 4-6pm, University College 65.Combinatorics.
Meeting 7, November 26, 4-6pm, University College 65. Geometry and Probability.
Special preparation session. Fridays, October 12, 26, November 9, 23, 2-4pm, HS100. The sessions are geared toward the students who can not make it to the regular meetings.
Maintained by:Ilia Binder (ilia@math.toronto.edu)