The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: Problems and Solutions 1965 1984 (MAA Problem Book Series) by Gerald L. Alexanderson (PDF)

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The Putnam Competition has since 1928 been providing a challenge to gifted college mathematics students. 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. In 1980, the MAA published the first William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition book, covering the contest from 1938 to 1964. In 2002 the third of the Putnam problem books appeared, covering the years 1985 through 2000. All three of these books belong on the bookshelf of students, teachers, and all interested in problem solving.

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Editorial Reviews: Book Description The Putnam Competition has since 1928 been providing a challenge to mathematics students. This book contains problems with their solutions for the years 1965-1984. It offers an enticing sample of challenging problems and their solutions and belongs on the bookshelf of students, teachers, and all interested in problem solving.

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⭐There is no doubt that the Putnam competition is a competition to be admired of. And there is no doubt that the problems given in the competition are great ones and worth to be studied by any student interested in math competitions and other lovers of mathematical problems. Therefore there is great value in owning this book. However, the only effort the editors have placed in making this book is for searching in their offices to find their old manuscripts. Then they passed these manuscripts to the publisher, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), for printing. The size and type of the fonts, the formating and the overall look of exams and their solutions change throughout the book, almost from year to year.But not only the editors were sloppy with this book. MAA itself was not careful. It printed the book at different size with respect the previous volume

⭐. And then MAA printed the third volume

⭐4 millimeters taller than this one. So much for placing the books next to each other in your bookcase. It is really disappointing to see such carelessness for this important competition.If you are not really crazy to have the books, you can find electronic files of all problems and their solutions (with additional detailed information on the results of the competition) in the two journals `American Mathematical Monthly’ and `Mathematics Magazine’ published by MAA. Both journals publish a report each year for the past year’s competition. The journals are available through the JSTOR project. However, since this requires paid subscriptions, you may have to visit the library of your local college and/or university.

⭐“Muy útil, problemas bien explicados es , es interesante que algunos problemas actuales de olimpiadas internacionales tengan problemas similares en el libro, ideal para entrenar para competencias (Putnam imc vjimc oimu etc.”

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