Putnam seminar
This page is dedicated to the Washington University Putnam seminar. You will find here relevant information, mostly worksheets used and other things pertaining to preparation for the Putnam competition. However, the seminar is not limited to those who have ambitions in the competition: it is also a place to have fun with mathematics. If your goal is simply to learn and challenge yourself, you're absolutely welcome!
We meet every Friday at between 4 and 6pm, in Cupples I 115; free pizza is offered.
Contacts:
Prof. Alexander Seidel - seidel@physics.wustl.edu
Rudy Rodsphon - rrudy@wustl.edu
Links
Putnam competition's official website
https://maa.org/math-competitions/william-lowell-putnam-mathematical-competitionPutnam archives (problems and solutions)
https://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/
Note: The solutions proposed on both websites are not necessarily the same. The first only has material up to 2017, whereas the other has much more.
General math, from middle school to Putnam level:
http://www.cut-the-knot.org
brilliant.org
https://artofproblemsolving.comPutnam specific:
Book Putnam and Beyond through our library https://catalog.wustl.edu/search~S2?/Xputnam+and+beyond&searchscope=2&SORT=DZ/Xputnam+and+beyond&searchscope=2&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=putnam+and+beyond/1%2C71%2C71%2CB/frameset&FF=Xputnam+and+beyond&searchscope=2&SORT=DZ&1%2C1%2C
MIT’s Putnam course https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-a34-mathematical-problem-solving-putnam-seminar-fall-2018/
Problem Compilations other than Putnam:
USAMO https://maa.org/math-competitions/united-states-of-america-mathematical-olympiad-usamo-1
A Hong Kong University based publication devoted to tricky problems https://www.math.hkust.edu.hk/excalibur/excalibur.htm