2011 putnam (1 Viewer)

[tywebb]

The 2011 putnam competition will occur this weekend.

It has been going since 1938.

For 1938-2000, the ebooks are available on the net to download for:

The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Problems and solutions: 1938-1964, by Gleason, Greenwood and Kelly;
The William Lowell Putnam mathematical competition. Problems and solutions: 1965-1984, edited by Alexanderson, Klosinski and Larson;
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition 1985-2000: Problems, Solutions and Commentary, by Kedlaya, Poonen and Vakil.

The others from 2001-2010 are at http://amc.maa.org/a-activities/a7-problems/putnamindex.shtml

Soon the 2011 one will be there too.

 

[bleakarcher]

being in high school, this looks scary

 

[RealiseNothing]

being in high school, this looks scary

I concur, who usually enters this competition?

 

[tywebb]

Actually the maa website seems to be dragging its heals this year for the putnam.

So I've put the 2011 paper here:

http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/fourunit/putnam2011.pdf

 

[tywebb]

Solutions are now available at http://amc.maa.org/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/-pdf/2011s.pdf

 

[AussieVesti]

being in high school, this looks scary

Never did 4U Maths but I would say this wouldn't look out of place in first year university mathematics.