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August, 2014

Putnam Exam Practice Sessions

The William Lowell Putnam Examination is a nationwide competition in Mathematics at the level of freshman calculus. It will be held this year on December 6th, 2014.

Putnam Examination practice sessions meet on Fridays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, in Compton Hall's room 241 at Washington University in St. Louis. The first meeting is Friday, September 5, at 4:00 pm. Feel free to drop in, learn problem solving methods and enjoy the free pizza. Session dates are: September 5, 12, 19, 26, October 3, 10, 24, 31, November 7, 14, 21, December 5

More sample problems:

"Let f and g be real-valued functions defined on an open interval containing O, with g nonzero and continuous at O. If fg and f/g are differentiable at O, must f be differentiable at O ?"

"Given a triangle with vertices A, B, C, reflect A across B to A', reflect B across C to B', and reflect C across A to C'. What is the ratio of the areas of triangle A'B'C' and triangle ABC? "

"Suppose that x and y are real numbers strictly between O and 1. Prove that x ^y + y ^x > 1."

Contacts for this workshop are Professor Renato Feres (room 17, Cupples I Hall) and Professor Bender (room 360, Compton Hall).

Another competition, directly related to the Putnam, is the Virginia Tech run VTRMC Mathematics Contest?
Contact Professor Ari Stern for details.

For a list of Mathematics workshops, visit our Conferences and Workshops page⇨

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— Math news, stories, videos, and interviews by Marie C. Taris, http://www.math.wustl.edu/marietaris/math.html⇨

More like this? View the June 2014 News story Advanced Research Training for Undergraduates (ARTU)⇨

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