The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
Leonard F. Klosinski, Santa Clara University, California
Loren C. Larson, St Olaf College, Minnesota
£27.99
GBPThe Putnam Competition has since 1928 been providing a challenge to gifted college mathematics students. This book, the second of the Putnam Competition volumes, contains problems with their solutions for the years 1965–1984. Additional solutions are presented for many of the problems. Included is an essay on recollections of the first Putnam Exam by Herbert Robbins, as well as appendices listing the winning teams and students from 1965 through 1984. This volume offers the problem solver an enticing sample of challenging problems and their solutions. In 1980, the MAA published the first William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition book, covering the contest from 1938 to 1964. In 2002 the third of the Putnam problem books appeared, covering the years 1985 through 2000. All three of these books belong on the bookshelf of students, teachers, and all interested in problem solving.
- The second of the popular Putnam Competition volumes, it contains challenging problems with their solutions for the years 1965–1984
- Many of the problems have additional solutions presented, as well as an essay on recollections by Robbins, and appendices listing the winning teams throughout the years
- Will benefit students preparing for the competition, faculty who are organising seminars, and any individuals interested in problems
Product details
October 2004Paperback
9780883854631
157 pages
179 × 251 × 10 mm
0.285kg
5 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Dedication
- 2. Preface
- 3. Recollections of the first Putnam examination by Herbert Robbins
- 4. List of problems
- 5. Solutions to the list of problems in the various competitions
- Twenty-sixth
- Twenty-seventh
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-ninth
- Thirtieth
- Thirty-first
- Thirty-second
- Thirty-third
- Thirty-fourth
- Thirty-fifth
- Thirty-sixth
- Thirty-seventh
- Thirty-eighth
- Thirty-ninth
- Fortieth
- Forty-first
- Forty-second
- Forty-third
- Forty-fourth
- Forty-fifth
- 6. Appendices
- Winning teams
- Winning individuals
- 7. Index of problems.
