General information
 (with solutions to the poster problems)



HANDOUTS BY WEEK:

  1. (09/08) Assorted problems
  2. (09/15) The pigeon-hole principle
  3. (09/22) Integration and summation
  4. (09/29) Modular arithmetic
     (solutions)
  5. (10/06) Inequalities, maxima and minima
  6. (10/13) Recurrence and sequences
  7. (10/20) No meeting this week.
  8. (10/27) Induction, inclusion-exclusion, and parity
  9. (11/03) Geometry
  10. (11/10) Polynomials and symmetric functions
  11. (11/17) Non-existence and fun facts
  12. (11/24) Thanksgiving
  13. (12/01) Tips to improve your score


LINKS:
Putnam Competition

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Announcements:

  • (11/16) The Putnam exam will take place on Saturday December 4 in room 253, Malott Hall.
    The morning session is from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
    The afternoon session is from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.
    We will provide pizza during the break.
  • (10/18) The meeting for this week is canceled due to the departamental reception party for math majors.
  • (10/15) Copies of the handout on recurrence and series are available in Dr. Back's office.
  • (09/24) Copies of the handout on integration and summation are available in Dr. Back's office (Malott 211).
  • (09/24) We will have pizza next week (9/29). Please contact Dr. Pérez if you plan to attend.
  • (09/16) Web site is up.





Send comments and suggestions to rperez@math.cornell.edu