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University of Wyoming Math Department Putnam Seminar

The course supervisor for MATH 2850 is Sylvia Hobart (shobart@uwyo.edu)

The William Lowell Putnam exam is competition which takes place across North America every December, and is taken by over 3000 university students.  At the University of Wyoming, we have practice sessions in the fall to work on math problems and prepare for the competition.  During Fall Semester, 2006, the practice sessions will meet 3:15-5:00 pm in Ross Hall 308, starting Monday, September 11.  

Any student is welcome to participate in the exam, and in the practice sessions.
Students who wish to can get 2 credit hours for this by enrolling in Math 2850.
Please contact Sylvia Hobart if you are interested in participating in 2006.  

Every week, a new list of problems is handed out during the problem sessions.

MATH 2850, Putnam Team Seminar, is a course designed to give preparation for the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Problem solving strategies and mathematical content appropriate for the Putnam Exam are emphasized with problem sets taken from previous Putnam or other international math contests. Grade offered S/U only. Prerequisites: MATH 2200 and 2205

Important: The Math 2850 information may need to be viewed with Acrobat Reader. The UW student labs are equipped with Acrobat Reader and the exams can be easily printed in the labs. If you are printing from home and do not have Acrobat Reader 3.0 or above, you can download a free copy: Acrobat Reader.  If you have questions about downloading, call David at 6-6577.