From Ed Lazowska:
The Putnam is the top mathematics competition.
UW has done extremely well in recent years, coached by two terrific
math professors, Ioana Dumitriu and Julia Pevtsova.
CSE students have been among their top performers. See:
http://news.cs.washington.edu/2010/03/22/johnson-rutherford-tong-score-in-putnam-competition/
http://news.cs.washington.edu/2010/04/12/senate-resolution-8725-honors-will-johnson/
Please see information regarding this year’s preparation below!
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Dear all,
Welcome back to campus! This is a heads-up announcement for the Putnam
Mathematical Contest preparations sessions and the Math 380A class (“The
Art of Problem Solving”) connected to it (note the difference in numbering
from last year!).
Math 380A can be used as good preparation for anyone interested in
mathematical contest-taking (and as a stand-alone, it would make for a
very interesting, fun, and challenging class).
If you are a person who is intrigued by mathematical puzzles and beautiful
problems, and particularly if you are considering taking the Putnam exam,
we urge you to think about registering for Math 380 (not just auditing).
It is important that you do the homework, in order to learn, and there is
more incentive for doing homework if you’re registered.
Please check out
www.math.washington.edu/~dumitriu/putpage.html
for the Putnam exam and Putnam prep sessions, and
www.math.washington.edu/~dumitriu/m380_au10.html
for Math 380A, The Art of Problem Solving.
Attached is the Putnam announcement.
Wishing you all a great Autumn quarter,
Ioana Dumitriu and Julia Pevtsova
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