Mathematics Competitions at the University of Maryland

On Saturday, December 2, 2023, thirty-three undergraduate students from the University of Maryland competed in the 2023 Putnam math competition. The competition problems are known for being notoriously difficult. Here are a few photos from the event at UMD:

You can find some of the problems and their solutions on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@DrEbrahimian

If you are an undergraduate student at UMD wishing to participate in Putnam or just want to know more about it feel free to contact me and I will be happy to discuss the details.

Interested students at the University of Maryland, College Park, should contact me via email and I will send them registration information for the 2023 Putnam math competition.

We have weekly problem solving sessions for those interested in problem solving or participating in 2023 Putnam. The details are as follows.

Time: Wednesday 4-5:30 pm

Location: Math B0421

Feel free to stop by to learn, participate or just say hi!

I am very excited to share the news that the University of Maryland Putnam team ranked fourth among 456 institutions in the 2022 Putnam Competition. This is the best result for our team in more than four decades. The first three teams are MIT, Harvard and Stanford.

Our team members, Daniel Yuan, Clarence Lam, and Isaac Mammel all ranked in the top 100 among 3,415 students. Phillip Guo ranked in the top 200.

Congratulations to our team members and other participants!! I am very proud of our team and all 26 participants from our school.

You can read the official announcement of the results here.

If your are an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, interested in participating in the Putnam Competition next year, you may contact me and I will be happy to answer any quetsions you might have.

Last Saturday, December 3, 2022, twenty-six of our best students competed in the annual Putnam mathematics competition. They worked on 12 very challenging problems from 10 am to 6 pm. The competition is done in two sessions (morning or Session A, and afternoon or Session B). Here are a few photos of the event.

Session A problems and solutions can be found here and here. Session B problems and solutions can be found here and here.

Congratulations to all participants!!

If you are an interested undergraduate student at the University of Maryland feel free to contact me. I will be happy to meet with you and answer any questions you might have regarding Putnam competition.

Putnam Competition will be held tomorrow, Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 9:40 am to 6 pm in Physics 4206.

Interested students must register following this link before showing up to take the test.

I am very excited to share the news that the University of Maryland Putnam Team was ranked 20th out of 427 institutions this year. This is our fifth year in a row that we are among top 20 teams in the Putnam competition.

Our team members were Steppan Konoplev, Thomas Luo, and Gerrett Peters.

Steppan Konoplev and Thomas Luo were recognized as one of top 193 students in the 2021 Putnam competition.

More information can be found here.

This coming Wednesday, December 8th we will go over the 2021 Putnam problems. Everybody is welcome to attend.

Location: Math 0102

Time: Wednesday, 12/8/2021, 4-5:30 PM

This year’s Putnam will be held in-person on December 4, 2021 from 9:40 AM to 6 PM in Physics 4206. (Lunch will be provided.)

If you are an interested student registered at the University of Maryland and there is a reasonable chance that you might be participating in Putnam please register by following the link below:

https://artofproblemsolving.com/contests/putnam/student

Note that by registering you are not making a commitment to participate, and if for whatever reason you decide not to participate, you can.

More information about the contest can be found on MAA website.