Hey everyone. For those interested (and I have just contacted many of you who are), the Putnam training sessions will be held on Wednesdays, from 5pm - 7pm in Krieger 304. All are invited to participate, and I believe the format will be an interactive discussion on techniques and strategies for attacking Putnam-type questions using previous exam questions as a guide.
Out very own Duncan Sinclair, a veteran graduate student here, will run the sessions.
Have fun getting in shape (?) for December!
Showing posts with label Competitive Mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competitive Mathematics. Show all posts
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Putnam Training
Ever try playing a competitive sport without a good training regimen already in place and in action for months before the game? Running a fun run without prepping for it for weeks beforehand? Take an exam without paying any attention to the material until the night before?
The Putnam Exam will arrive this December. If you are interested, now is the time to start prepping for it. The Mathematics Department, as well as the Mathematics Club here on campus, provides Putnam Training sessions designed to help you develop strategy and practice, getting you in shape for the "Big Game".
Sessions are currently scheduled for Wednesday evenings from 5pm-to-7pm. The will be run by Duncan Sinclair, an advanced PhD candidate here in our department. Training will focus on questions from old exams and the strategies for attacking them, as well as interactive discussions and scrimmaging. All are invited, whether you will take the exam or not, and all are encouraged to participate actively.
Contact me or Duncan directly (find our email addresses on the Mathematics Department website, or reply in this thread) if you are interested. if you are but cannot make the time slot for the sessions, Duncan will poll the interested group for alternative time slots and/or dates.
On to the games...!
The Putnam Exam will arrive this December. If you are interested, now is the time to start prepping for it. The Mathematics Department, as well as the Mathematics Club here on campus, provides Putnam Training sessions designed to help you develop strategy and practice, getting you in shape for the "Big Game".
Sessions are currently scheduled for Wednesday evenings from 5pm-to-7pm. The will be run by Duncan Sinclair, an advanced PhD candidate here in our department. Training will focus on questions from old exams and the strategies for attacking them, as well as interactive discussions and scrimmaging. All are invited, whether you will take the exam or not, and all are encouraged to participate actively.
Contact me or Duncan directly (find our email addresses on the Mathematics Department website, or reply in this thread) if you are interested. if you are but cannot make the time slot for the sessions, Duncan will poll the interested group for alternative time slots and/or dates.
On to the games...!
Competitive Math: The Putnam
Welcome back to everyone who has been here at Hopkins, and welcome to those who are new. Yes, it is that time of the year again.... to start getting in shape for a little competitive mathematics.
Early December again brings the
a locally held, national competition in undergraduate-level mathematics. Highly competitive and highly prestigious, the Putnam offers cash prizes as well as a very strong resume/CV credential to those who master the 6-hour two part exam. In fact, the Math Department recognizes the best from JHU in the exam each year with an award and cash prize. Recent JHU best-performers have included students who achieved recognition from the Putnam Committee. And our best school ranking in the last few years was 21st (out of upwards of 500 institutions that take part).
Registration for the 69th national Putnam exam closes sometime around mid October, and the exam will be held on Saturday, December 4, from 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm.
Early December again brings the
a locally held, national competition in undergraduate-level mathematics. Highly competitive and highly prestigious, the Putnam offers cash prizes as well as a very strong resume/CV credential to those who master the 6-hour two part exam. In fact, the Math Department recognizes the best from JHU in the exam each year with an award and cash prize. Recent JHU best-performers have included students who achieved recognition from the Putnam Committee. And our best school ranking in the last few years was 21st (out of upwards of 500 institutions that take part).
Registration for the 69th national Putnam exam closes sometime around mid October, and the exam will be held on Saturday, December 4, from 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm.
If you are interested in either of these competitions (and as a math major, I highly recommend that you consider these exams part of your training as a mathematician), please contact me in any way you can. We train for this exam during the fall semester, and will be setting up session shortly.
Keep looking here for more announcements and news as the schedule develops.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Competitive Mathematics
Welcome back to everyone who has been here at Hopkins, and welcome to those who are new.
A word about some fall events. Mathematics is many things to many people, but to some it is actually a competitive sport. Here at Hopkins, we have two upcoming competitions that we register teams for and participate in:
A word about some fall events. Mathematics is many things to many people, but to some it is actually a competitive sport. Here at Hopkins, we have two upcoming competitions that we register teams for and participate in:
- The Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest, and
- The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.
Both are distributed exam competitions, which means they are offered locally at a university who has students registered to take the exam. Both offer undergraduate-level mathematics problems that require cleverness to solve well, and both offer cash prizes as well as the prestige of doing well in the competition. In fact, doing well on the Putnam is an accomplishment that should be placed prominantly on a resume or curriculum vitae (an academic resume, so to speak). And the Math Department offers a cash prize to the best performer from JHU. Last year, our two top Putnam performers ranked at 140th and 154th out of some 3640 participants.
Registration for the VTech competition is basically a matter for the Math Dept. here, and we will be registered. The exam is on Saturday, October 27, from 9am-11:30am.
Registration for the 68th national Putnam exam closes sometime around October 12, and the exam is held on Saturday, December 1, from 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm.
If you are interested in either of these competitions (and as a math major, I highly recommend that you consider these exams part of your training as a mathematician), please come in to talk to me. The Department also offers training sessions, organized with the Math Club here at Hopkins, which are weekly seminars. But more on that later....
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