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| Title | Putnam local Sturgis |
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| Transcript | Office of University Relations SDSM& T News 501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995 Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 1999 LOCAL STUDENT TO COMPETE IN WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION Jason Israelson of Sturgis is one of nine students from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology ( SDSM& T) who will compete in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition on Saturday, December 4, 1999. Manley is a junior, mathematics major at Tech. The Putnam is perhaps the most prestigious mathematical competition for undergraduate students in the United States and Canada. Last year over 2500 students from over 400 schools took the Putnam. The exam consists of 12 problems worth 10 points each for a total of 120 points. Typically about 1/ 3 of the students who take the exam get a score of 0. Receiving a score of 20 is usually sufficient to make the list of the top 500 students that is sent to graduate schools across the country. The exam is constructed to test originality as well as technical competence. Questions will be included that cut across the bounds of various disciplines, and self- contained questions that do not fit into any of the usual categories. " I think the fact that our students are willing to compete shows that our Mathematics program is strong and that our students are eager to challenge themselves, " said Dr. Ed Corwin, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition began in 1938 and is designed to stimulate a healthful rivalry in mathematics among colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Mr. William Lowell Putnam had a profound conviction in the value of organized team competition among undergraduate students. After Putnam's death, his widow created a trust fund which supported the first Putnam competition, and it has continued ever since. The other students competing from the School of Mines and their hometowns include Nathanael Reid, Kennewick, WA; Preston Schneider, Rapid City; Brandan Yares, Brooklyn Park, MN; Kathleen Peterson, Rapid City; Jamil Higgins, Rapid City; Richard Stevens, Rapid City; Ryan Mayer, Rapid City; and Brenda Manley, Hawesville, KY. ++ 30++ ( I: univrel/ pressrel/ 1199 Putnam fxd local Sturgis) |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; |
| Local Subject | William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 1999-11-24 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 2941 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 2942.pdf |
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