The William Lowell Putnam mathematics competition is a national undergraduate mathematics competition. Recognition is accorded to both team and individual performance. A good score can be significant in winning admission to graduate studies.

Click here for an example of a Putnam contest problem.

Click here , for another example.

The contest is held on the first Saturday in December (DEC 2, 2000), and runs from 9 AM to noon (morning session) and again from 2 PM to 5PM. There will be a series of evening study and brain-storming sessions in preparation for this contest, beginning Wed. Sept 13 at 7 PM in Milner 317.