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The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: Problems and Solutions 1965–1984
Share this pageEdited by Gerald L. Alexanderson; Leonard F. Klosinski; Loren C. Larson
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
The Putnam Competition has been providing a challenge to gifted college mathematics students since 1928. This book, the second of the Putnam Competition volumes, contains problems with their solutions for the years 1965-1984. Additional solutions are presented for many of the problems. Included is an essay on recollections of the first Putnam Exam by Herbert Robbins, as well as appendices listing the winning teams and students from 1965 through 1984. This volume offers the problem solver an enticing sample of challenging problems and their solutions.
Table of Contents
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: Problems and Solutions 1965-1984
- Cover 11
- Preface 88
- Contents 1010
- Recollections of the First Putnam Examination 1212
- Problems 1414
- THE TWENTY-SIXTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 1616
- THE TWENTY-SEVENTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 1818
- THE TWENTY-EIGITTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 2020
- THE TWENTY-NINTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 2222
- THE THIRTIETH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 2424
- THE THIRTY-FIRST WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 2626
- THE THIRTY-SECOND WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 2828
- THE THlRTY-THIRD WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 3030
- THE THIRTY-FOURTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 3232
- THE THIRTY-FIFTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 3535
- THE THlRTY-SIXTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 3838
- THE THlRTY-SEVENTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 4040
- THE THIRTY-EIGHTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 4242
- THE THIRTY-NINTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 4444
- THE FORTIETH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 4646
- THE FORTY-FIRST WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 4848
- THE FORTY-SECOND WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 5050
- THE FORTY-THIRD WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 5252
- THE FORTY-FOURTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 5454
- THE FORTY-FIFTH WllLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 5656
- Solutions 5858
- THE TWENTY-SIXTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 6060
- THE TWENTY-SEVENTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 6464
- THE TWENTY-EIGHTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 6868
- THE TWENTY-NINTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 7272
- THE THIRTIETH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 7575
- THE THIRTY-FIRST WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 7979
- THE THIRTY-SECOND WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 8383
- THE THlRTY-THlRD WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 8989
- THE THIRTY-FOURTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 9696
- THE THIRTY-FIFTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 100100
- THE THIRTY-SIXTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 104104
- THE THIRTY-SEVENTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 108108
- THE THIRTY-EIGHTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 112112
- THE THIRTY-NINTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 116116
- THE FORTIETH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 122122
- THE FORTY-FIRST WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 126126
- THE FORTY-SECOND WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 130130
- THE FORTY-THIRD WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 135135
- THE FORTY-FOURTH WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 140140
- THE FORTY-FIFTH WllLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION 145145
- Appendix 150150
- Index of Problems 158158