Brandeis University
2009 Putnam Practice Sessions
Thursdays at various times


These are the math discussion sessions in which we work together to try to solve math puzzles such as the problem below (while eating PIZZA)



Problem of the week

Let B be a set of more than 2n+1/n distinct points with coordinates of the form (±1,±1,...,±1) in n dimensional space with n>2. Show that there are three distinct points in B which are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.


We have a Putnam mailing list on lists.brandeis please contact me or Yale Spector to be added to the list.

Schedule
 
date, time place what
  Nov 19, 4-5:30 pm   Common room     Putnam preparation meeting.  
  Dec 3, 4-5:30pm   Common room     Last Putnam preparation meeting.  
  Dec 5, 10am   Room 317     The Putnam Exam!  


--Kiyoshi Igusa, Brandeis Putnam Coach
Home page: Kiyoshi Igusa Started: October   7, 2009  Last modified: Nov   17, 2009
Department:  Mathematics URL: http://people.brandeis.edu/~igusa/Putnam2009.htm