The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the forty-eighth competition held on December 5, 1987

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

David J. Moews, Bjorn M. Poonen, Michael Reid

2

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Daniel J. Bernstein, David J. Grabiner, Matthew D. Mullin

3

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Petros I. Hadjicostas, Joseph G. Keane, Karl M. Westerberg

4

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

David P. Moulton, Jonathan E. Shapiro, Christopher S. Welty

5

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

David T. Blackston, James P. Ferry, Waldemar P. Horwat

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 Six Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $500.

DAVID J. GRABINER

Princeton University

DAVID J. MOEWS

Harvard University

BJORN M. POONEN

Harvard University

MICHAEL REID

Harvard University

CONSTANTIN S. TELEMAN

Harvard University

JOHN S. TILLINGHAST

University of California, Davis

The Next Five Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

DANIEL J. BERNSTEIN

Princeton University

CONSTANTINE N. COSTES

Harvard University

JEREMY A. KAHN

Harvard University

RAVI KUMAR RAMAKRISHNA

Cornell University

JAPHETH WOOD

Washington University, St. Louis

Honorable Mention: Teams

RICE UNIVERSITY

Charles R. Ferenbaugh, Thomas Hyer, John W. McIntosh

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Thomas H. Chung, John A. Overdeck, Joshua R. Zucker

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Gary F. Baumgartner, Edward I. Doolittle, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS

Daniel N. Ropp, Japheth Wood, Peter Shawhan

YALE UNIVERSITY

Kamal F. Khuri-Makdisi, Robert S. Manning, Wiliam M. Nelson

Honorable Mention: Individuals

THOMAS R. AMOTH, Oregon State University

KAMAL F. KHURI-MAKDISI, Yale University

LELAND F. BROWN, California Institute of Technology

JORDAN LAMPE, University of California, Berkeley

EMORY F. BUNN, Princeton University

DANIEL D. LEE, Harvard University

YEOW MENG CHEE, University of Waterloo

JOHN W. McINTOSH, Rice University

TIMOTHY Y. CHOW, Princeton University

ROBERT S. MANNING, Yale University

WILLIAM P. CROSS, California Institute of Technology

DAVID P. MOULTON, University of California, Berkeley

GALIA D. DAFNI, Pennsylvania State University

MATTHEW D. MULLIN, Princeton University

DOUGLAS R. DAVIDSON, Princeton University

DU NGUYEN, University of Ottawa

FRANK M. D'IPPOLITO, Waterloo University

DAVID L. PETRY, University of Oregon

EDWARD J. DOOLITTLE, University of Toronto

DANIEL N. ROPP, Washington University, St. Louis

SERGE ELNITSKY, Carleton University

DAVID B. SECREST, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

CHENTEH KENNETH FAN, Harvard University

ROBERT G. SOUTHWORTH, California Institute of Technology

PETROS HADJICOSTAS, Carnegie Mellon University

GLENN P. TESLER, California Institute of Technology

THOMAS R. HAGEDORN, Princeton University

MARTIN TRUDEAU, Université de Montréal

THOMAS S. HARKE, University of Alberta

CHRISTOPHER S. WELTY, University of California, Berkeley

WALDEMAR P. HORWAT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KARL M. WESTERBERG, Carnegie Mellon University

WILLIAM C. JOCKUSCH, Carleton College

GLEN T. WHITNEY, Harvard University

ALEX T. KACHURA, University of Waterloo

RUSSIL WVONG, University of British Columbia

JOSEPH G. KEANE, Carnegie Mellon University

JOSHUA R. ZUCKER, Stanford University



A total of 2,170 students from 359 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 277 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.

March 1, 1988
Leonard F. Klosinski, Director; Gerald L. Alexanderson and Loren C. Larson, Associate Directors
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