As usual, we meet 4pm in MSC E306.

This time we will look at some Putnam problems of moderate difficulty.
We will not release these problems before the meeting, instead they will be a "surprise".
The point is to get some experience with creative problem solving under pressure.
Unlike the actual Putnam, you may work as a group on these.

Files:

b-surprise-1.pdf --- first page, just the problems, readable right away

b-surprise.pdf   --- problems and solutions, this may be made readable later


Postscript:
Thanks to Matthew, Casey, Felipe, and Parker for attending. Also Levon!
We spent all our time solving the first problem. Students requested a
similar experience for next time.