Undergraduate Math Competitions
The William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition
The annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition is held
early in December. It is the most prestigious college math competition
and is open to all undergraduates in the United States and Canada. Each
year, over 3000 students take the Putnam with the 25 top-scoring individuals
receive awards of up to $750 as well as solicitations from summer employers
and graduate programs. It's also a fun, intense, intellectual experience for
everyone involved.
To take the Putnam, you must sign in with the Student Services Office by
sending an email to
studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu.
More specific details about the contest are typically announced in math classes
during the month of October of the Fall Quarter.
If you would like to learn more about the Putnam, you can go to any of these
following web sites:
Robert Lewis Wasser Memorial Mathematics Contest
Held annually in the Spring, this mathematics competition is open to all
full-time freshmen and sophomores at UC Davis. A $500 price is awarded
to the first place winner with prizes also given by the department for
honorable mentions. Contest prizes were made possible from an endowment
that was initiated by a contribution from Robert Lewis Wasser's grandmother.
Robert Wasser, now deceased, was a mathematics major in 1991.
The Spring Mathematics Contest
All undergraduates at UC Davis are eligible to take
the Spring Mathematics Contest, which is held
each spring on the same day as the Wasser Memorial Contest.
This contest was started many years ago to help identify our
better students in mathematics. As money permits, monetary prizes are awarded to
students placing first, second, and third as well as to
honorable mentions.
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