Mathematics Competition Opportunities for KU Undergrads

Mathematics Competition Opportunities for KU Undergrads

Kansas Mathematics Competition | KU Prize Competition | Putnam Exam

Kansas Mathematics Competition

The 4th Annual Kansas Mathematics Competition was held on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Bethel College in North Newton, KS during the annual meeting of the Kansas Section of the Mathematical Association of America. The KU team won third prize (behind Kansas State and Bethel). Phil Regier and Daniel Horna, together with Kansas State students Will Carlson and Ashley Wheeler, tied for first in the individual competition.

Photos of the KU team (courtesy of Han Shen)
Problems and solutions from the competition

Problems from previous competitions:

The KU Prize Competition

The 26th Annual KU Mathematics Prize Competition was held on Monday, March 31, 2008. Nineteen students participated. The winners were as follows:

Senior Competition (open to all KU undergraduates):

First Prize: Phil Regier
Second Prize: Nick Tobaben
Third Prize: Luis Vargas

Junior Competition (open to all KU undergraduates without senior standing):

First Prize (tie): Daniel Horna and Han Shen
Third Prize: Eric Colangelo
Fourth Prize: Xiao Liang

Here is the official KU news release.

Congratulations to all the winners! The prizes will be awarded at the annual Mathematics Honors Banquet on April 23.

Contest problems:

Previous competitions (including problems and names of winners): 2007 | 2006

The Putnam Exam

The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is the preeminent intercollegiate mathematics competition in the USA, held every December.

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