The Sixty-Ninth William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Abstract

The results of the Sixty-Ninth William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, held December 6, 2008, follow. They have been determined in accordance with the regulations governing the Competition. The contest is supported by the William Lowell Putnam Prize Fund for the Promotion of Scholarship, an endowment established by Mrs. Putnam in memory of her husband. The annual Competition is held under the auspices of the Mathematical Association of America. The first prize, $25,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics of Harvard University. The members of the winning team were Zachary R. Abel, Iurie Boreico, and Arnav Tripathy; each was awarded a prize of $1,000. The second prize, $20,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics of Princeton University. The members of the winning team were Peter Z. Diao, John V. Pardon, and Adrian I. Zahariuc; each was awarded a prize of $800. The third prize, $15,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The members of the winning team were Qingchun Ren, Xuancheng Shao, and Yufei Zhao; each was awarded a prize of $600. The fourth prize, $10,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics of Stanford University. The members of the winning team were Young Hun Jung, Nathan K. Pflueger, and Jeffrey Wang; each was awarded a prize of $400. The fifth prize, $5,000, was awarded to the Department of Mathematics of the California Institute of Technology. The members of the winning team were Jason C. Bland, Zarathustra E. Brady, and Brian R. Lawrence; each was awarded a prize of $200. The five highest ranking individual contestants, the Putnam Fellows, in alphabetical order, were Brian R. Lawrence, California Institute of Technology; Seok Hyeong Lee, Stanford University; Arnav Tripathy, Harvard University; Bohua Zhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Yufei Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each received an award of $2,500. The next eleven highest ranking individual contestants, in alphabetical order, were Iurie Boreico, Harvard University; Adam C. Hesterberg, Princeton University; William A. Johnson, University of Washington; Cedric Lin, University of British Columbia; Anton S. Malyshev, Princeton University; John V. Pardon, Princeton University; Qingchun Ren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Oleg O. Rudenko, Florida Atlantic University; Colin P. Sandon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jacob N. Steinhardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Alex Zhai, Harvard University. Each received an award of $1,000. The next nine highest ranking individual contestants, in alphabetical order, were Zachary R. Abel, Harvard University; Thomas D. Belulovich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jason C. Bland, California Institute of Technology; Gabriel T. Bujokas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Konstantin Matveev, University of Toronto; Nathan K. Pflueger, Stanford University; Aaron H. Potechin, Princeton University; Dong Uk Rhee, University of Waterloo; and Adrian I. Zahariuc, Princeton University. Each received an award of $250.