The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners
of the forty-sixth competition held on December 8, 1985

Winning Teams

Rank School Team Members (in alphabetical order)
1 Harvard University Glenn D. Ellison, Douglas S. Jungreis, Michael Reid
2 Princeton University Michael A. Abramson, Douglas R. Davidson, James C. Yeh
3 University of California, Berkeley Michael J. McGrath, David P. Moulton, Jonathan E. Shapiro
4 Rice University Charles R. Ferenbaugh, Thomas M. Hyer, Thomas M. Zavist
5 University of Waterloo David W. Ash, Yong Yau Du, Kenneth W. Shirriff
The first-place team receives an award of $5,000 and each member of the team receives $250. The awards for second place are $2,500 and $200; for third place $1,500 and $150; for fourth place $1,000 and $100; and for fifth place $500 and $50.

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

The Putnam Fellows-The Five Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $500.
Martin V. Hildebrand Williams College
Everett W. Howe California Institute of Technology
Douglas S. Jungreis Harvard University
Bjorn M. Poonen Harvard University
Keith A. Ramsay University of Chicago

The Next Five Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.
David W. Ash University of Waterloo
Waldemar P. Horwat Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Greg J. Kuperberg Harvard University
John M. Steinke Rice University
David I. Zuckerman Harvard University

Honorable Mention--Teams

California Institute of Technology Leland F. Brown, Art Duval, Daniel E. Loeb
Rensselaer Institute of Technology Brenden A. Del Favero, John D. Moores, Bart C. Vashaw
Rutgers University, New Brunswick Scott E. Axelrod, Liaw Huang, William M. Wells
Washington University, St. Louis Anders W. McCarthy, Daniel N. Ropp, Dougin A. Walker
Yale University Thomas Andrews, Ramzi R. Khuri, David R. Steinsaltz

Honorable Mention--Individuals

MICHAEL A. ABRAMSON, Princeton University DAVID J. MOEWS, Harvard University
JORG ANTHONY BROWN, Colorado State University DAVID P. MOULTON, University of California, Berkeley
GLENN G. CHAPPELL, University of Kansas LEE A. NEWBERG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
STANLEY CHEN, California Institute of Technology KEN E. NEWMAN, Washington University, St. Louis
JOHN J. CHEW, University of Toronto STEVE NEWMAN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
CONSTANTINE N. COSTES, Harvard University MICHAEL REID, Harvard University
DOUGLAS R. DAVIDSON, Princeton University DANIEL N. ROPP, Washington University, St. Louis
GLENN D. ELLISON, Harvard University RANDALL G. ROSE, Princeton University
ADAM F. FALK, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill DAVID B. SECREST, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
CHRISTOPHER P. GRANT, Brigham Young University ROBERT E. SHAPIRE, Brown University
MARK C. HAMBURG, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor RANDALL D. SMITH, University of Chicago
LIAW HUANG, Rutgers University, New Brunswick ERIC H. VEACH, University of Waterloo
THOMAS M. HYER, Rice University MINH TUE VO, University of Waterloo
WILLIAM CARL JOCKUSCH, Carleton College DOUGIN A. WALKER, Washington University, St. Louis
DANIEL W. JOHNSON, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology CHRISTOPHER S. WELTY, University of California, Berkeley
JAMSHID MAHDAVI, Carnegie-Mellon University JAMES C. YEH, Princeton University
MICHAEL J. McGRATH, University of California, Berkeley THOMAS M. ZAVIST, Rice University
A total of 2,079 students from 348 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 264 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.

March 1, 1986, Leonard F. Klosinski, Director; Gerald L. Alexanderson and Loren C. Larson, Associate Directors