The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is held each year on the first Saturday in December. The competition began in 1938. It is designed to stimulate a healthful rivalry in mathematical studies between the colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. The instigator, William Lowell Putnam, had a profound conviction in the value of organized team competition in regular college studies. The Putnam examination is under the administration of the Mathematical Association of America
Results from the Putnam competition of December 3rd, 2011, are in. Washington University in St. Louis ranked twenty-eighth this year. Three veterans anchored our team: Alex Anderson, Ari Tenzer, Tom Morrell.
"All did well, with Alex being the WashU Putnam Wrangler, earning the top score for WashU and an Honorable Mention among all Putnam competitors," reports faculty sponsor and coach, Professor Victor Wickerhauser. "Several of our first-timers did well too, and we look forward to their participation in December, 2012."
Link to the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition site⇨
Learn more about William Lowell Putnam⇨
Link to the MAA site
The Putnam
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Article on the 2012 Putman results in WUSTL's Record⇨
—Math news, stories, and interviews by Marie C. Taris, http://www.math.wustl.edu/marietaris/math.html⇨
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