Putnam Exam & Training
The 86th Putnam Competition will take place on Saturday, December 6th, 2025. It is an annual math contest for undergraduates throughout the North America. The exam consists of two 3-hour exams (from 10 am to 1 pm and 3 pm to 6 pm) with a lunch break in-between. There are 6 questions in each 3-hour session. It will be held at the Engineering Technology Center room Q105.
You can visit the official website https://maa.org/putnam/ and register for the Putnam exam at https://putnam.edvistas.com/datamate/testRegister.aspx?id=f884e7e8-8ef0-4cb3-bb14-3a39a00132b3
The contest questions range from a variety of topics:
- fun questions & games
- calculus & analysis
- sequences & series
- inequalities
- polynomials
- number theory
- counting & probability
- matrices & linear algebra
- abstract algebra
- differential equations
- ......
Dr. Michael Griffin and I will hold practice sessions on Wednesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm at room D109 of the Math Building on Marietta campus to gear up your problem-solving skills and creative thinking.
September 10: Basic format stuff / proof techniques and registration info.