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From: dgc@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Putnam Exam questions
Message-ID: <2040@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 12:03:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 12:03:02 1984
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Andrew V Royappa asks:

	I'd like some info about the Putnam Exam (like when to take it,
	how to apply, etc).  I saw a brochure here but couldn't find out
	where to apply (maybe I didn't look hard enough).
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It's sponsored by the

    Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
    1529 Eighteenth Street N.W.
    Washington, DC 20036

and given in December of each year.  Your local Mathematics Department
should arrange for your application, etc.
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	What I'd really like is samples of the kind of problems one is
	likely to encounter on the putnam exam, the more the better.
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Each year the American Mathematical Monthly (available in most
university libraries) publishes the previous Putnam Examination, listing
winners, solutions, etc.  In addition, there is a book, "The William
Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition -- Problems and Solutions:
1938-1964", by A. M. Gleason, R. E. Greenwood, and L. M. Kelly, which
covers the first 25 competitions.  It is published by the MAA.


David G. Cantor

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