Math 5000: Problem
solving seminar
Instructors: Mladen Bestvina, Harold
Blum, Bao Wang
The goal of the
seminar is to prepare the student for math competions, and in
particular for
- Intermountain Math
Competition, and
We meet on Fridays 4-5 at LCB 222. We'll cover a
particular topic for a few weeks and then move on to another
topic. We'll start with induction.
Induction
handout, by David Jacobs
Series-Sums.pdf. topic for 9/13, led
by Bao Wang
The
Pigeon-hole Principle handout by Valentin Goranko, topic for
9/20 and 9/27, led by Harold Blum
The Intermountain Math Competition
will take place 9-12 on November 9, LCB 219. For previous years' problem
see https://www.math.utah.edu/~bestvina/intermountain/index.html
Number
theory handout by Valentin Goranko, topic for 10/4 and 10/18,
led by Harold Blum
The Putnam Exam will take place on
12/7/2024. To register go to
https://putnam.edvistas.com/datamate/testRegister.aspx?id=0c3247d8-f75a-4c98-a842-6d80be9c2bc8
Inequalities
handout by Graeme West, topic for 10/25 and 11/1, led by Bao Wang.