The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the sixty-eighth competition held on December 1, 2007

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Zachary Abel, Tiankai Liu, and Alison B. Miller

2

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Andrei Negut, Aaron C. Pixton, and Andrei B. Ungureanu

3

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Hansheng Diao, Eric C. Price, and Yufei Zhao

4

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Serin Hong, Nathan K. Pflueger, and Kiat Chuan Tan

5

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Tirasan Khandhawit, Peng Shi, and Lingren Zhang

The first place team receives an award of $25,000 and each member of the team receives $1,000. The awards for second place are $20,000 and $800; for third place $15,000 and $600; for fourth place $10,000 and $400; and for fifth place $5,000 and $200.

In each of the following categories, the listing is in alphabetical order.

The Putnam Fellows--The Six Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $2,500.

JASON C. BLAND

California Institute of Technology

BRIAN R. LAWRENCE

California Institute of Technology

AARON C. PIXTON

Princeton University

QINGCHUN REN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

XUANCHENG SHAO

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ARNAV TRIPATHY

Harvard University

The Next Ten Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $1,000.

JUSTIN J. BAE

Harvard University

RICHARD V. BIGGS

Carnegie Mellon University

OLEG GOLBERG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YUNCHENG LIN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TIANKAI LIU

Harvard University

KONSTANTIN MATVEEV

University of Toronto

ALISON B. MILLER

Harvard University

ANDREI NEGUT

Princeton University

LINGREN ZHANG

Duke University

YUFEI ZHAO

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Eight Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

ZACHARY ABEL

Harvard University

IURIE BOREICO

Harvard University

ANAND R. DEOPURKAR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ANJIE GUO

University of Waterloo

JUNEHYUK JUNG

University of Chicago

ANDERS H. KASEORG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JÁNOS KRAMÁR

University of Toronto

SHRENIK N. SHAH

Harvard University

Honorable Mention: Teams

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Lozan Ivanov, Brian R. Lawrence, and Doo Sung Park

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Richard V. Biggs, Jie Qi, and Mark Spindler

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

Gregory Minton, Brian Rice, and Theodore V. Spaide

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Viktoriya Krakovna, János Kramár, and Konstantin Matveev

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Dong Uk Rhee, Michael Lipnowski, and Xiaoheng Wang

Honorable Mention: Individuals

HARRY J. ALTMAN, University of Chicago

KEVIN P. MODZELEWSKI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ALEKSANDR ARKHIPOV, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

THANASIN NAMPAISARN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

THOMAS D. BELULOVICH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DIMITER V. OSTREV, Yale University

TIMOTHY J. BLACK, California Institute of Technology

JONAH K. OSTROFF, Carleton College

GABRIEL T. BUJOKAS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JOHN V. PARDON, Princeton University

HANSHENG DIAO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOO SUNG PARK, California Institute of Technology

PETER Z. DIAO, Princeton University

NATHAN K. PFLUEGER, Stanford University

EVAN P. DUMMIT, California Institute of Technology

WEI QUAN JULIUS POH, Cornell University

SEAN K. EBERHARD, University of California, Berkeley

AARON J. POLLACK, Duke University

ZHOU FAN, Harvard University

AARON H. POTECHIN, Princeton University

RISHI V. GUPTA, Harvard University

ERIC C. PRICE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KIHYUK HONG, Johns Hopkins University

HENRY B. SCHER, University of Maryland, College Park

SERIN HONG, Stanford University

DAVID S. SIMMONS, University of North Texas

ROLF W. HOYER, Grinnell College

THEODORE V. SPAIDE, Harvey Mudd College

NATE J. INCE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

STEVEN J. TASCHUK, University of Alberta

YOUNG HUN JUNG, Stanford University

JASON A. TRIGG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DMYTRO KARABASH, Columbia University

WUTTISAK TRONGSIRIWAT, University of Virginia

TIRASAN KHANDHAWIT, Duke University

ANDREI B. UNGUREANU, Princeton University

HYUN SOO KIM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JEFFREY WANG, Stanford University

SUNGYOON KIM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DMYTRO YEROSHKIN, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia

CEDRIC LIN, University of British Columbia

ADRIAN I. ZAHARIUC, Princeton University

ZHIWEI CALVIN LIN, University of Chicago

GJERGJI ZAIMI, California Institute of Technology

MICHAEL A. LIPNOWSKI, University of Waterloo

ALEXANDR ZAMORZAEV, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

THOMAS J. MILDORF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BOHUA ZHAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GREGORY T. MINTON, Harvey Mudd College

YIN ZHAO, University of Waterloo

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

Winner receives an award of $1,000.

ALISON B. MILLER

Harvard University

Questions Committee

Titu Andreescu, University of Texas, Dallas (chair); Greg Kuperberg, University of California, Davis; and Mark Krusemeyer, Carleton College.

A total of 3753 students from 516 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 413 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.

March 1, 2008
Leonard F. Klosinski, Director; Gerald L. Alexanderson and Loren C. Larson, Associate Directors
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