The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the forty-ninth competition held on December 3, 1988

Winning Teams

Rank	School	Team Members (in alphabetical order)
1	HARVARD UNIVERSITY	David J. Moews, Bjorn M. Poonen, Constantin S. Teleman
2	PRINCETON UNIVERSITY	Daniel J. Bernstein, David J. Grabiner, Matthew D. Mullin
3	RICE UNIVERSITY	Hubert L. Bray, Thomas M. Hyer, John W. McIntosh
4	UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO	Frank M. D'Ippolito, Colin M. Springer, Minh-Tue Vo
5	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	William P. Cross, Robert G. Southworth, Glenn P. Tesler

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.

DAVID J. GRABINER	Princeton University
JEREMY A. KAHN	Harvard University
DAVID J. MOEWS	Harvard University
BJORN M. POONEN	Harvard University
RAVI D. VAKIL	Harvard University

The Next Six Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

WILLIAM P. CROSS	California Institute of Technology
SERGE ELNITSKY	Carleton University
KARL M. WESTERBERG	Carnegie-Mellon University
GLEN T. WHITNEY	Harvard University
SIHAO WU	Yale University
JOSHUA R. ZUCKER	Stanford University

Honorable Mention: Teams

BROWN UNIVERSITY	Peter H. Golde, Kevin S. McFarland, David J. Morin
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY	I-Lin Kuo, Jordan Lampe, David P. Moulton
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY	Petros I. Hadjicostas, Joseph G. Keane, Karl M. Westerberg
STANFORD UNIVERSITY	John C. Loftin, John A. Overdeck, Joshua R. Zucker
YALE UNIVERSITY	Moses G. Klein, Robert S. Manning, Wiliam M. Nelson

Honorable Mention: Individuals

THOMAS R. AMOTH, Oregon State University	CHRISTOPHER J. MONSOUR, University of Maryland, College Park
TIBOR BEKE, Armand Hammar United World College	DAVID P. MOULTON, University of California, Berkeley
DANIEL J. BERNSTEIN, Princeton University	MATTHEW D. MULLIN, Princeton University
DAVID T. BLACKSTON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	DU NGUYEN, University of Ottawa
HUBERT L. BRAY, Rice University	JOHN A. OVERDECK, Stanford University
JACKSON A. BROSS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	DAVID L. PETRY, University of Oregon
TIMOTHY K. CALLAHAN, University of Chicago	EDWARD R. RATNER, California Institute of Technology
WILLIAM CHEN, Washington University, St. Louis	RAYMOND M. SIDNEY, Harvard University
DAVID COOK, Harvard University	STEPHEN A. SMITH, University of Waterloo
MATTHEW M. COOK, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	ROBERT G. SOUTHWORTH, California Institute of Technology
PETER H. GOLDE, Brown University	COLIN M. SPRINGER, University of Waterloo
THOMAS R. HAGEDORN, Princeton University	CONSTANTIN S. TELEMAN, Harvard University
GRAYDON H. HAZENBERG, University of Waterloo	JOHN S. TILLINGHAST, University of California, Davis
THOMAS M. HYER, Rice University	MINH-TUE VO, University of Waterloo
JOSEPH G. KEANE, Carnegie-Mellon University	ERIC K. WEPSIC, Harvard University
MOSES G. KLEIN, Yale University	CHRISTOPHER S. WILSOn, Stanford University
MATTHEW A. KLIMESH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	DAVID BRUCE WILSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TAL N. KUDO, Harvard University	JOHN H. WOO, Harvard University
JOHN W. McINTOSH, Rice University	JAPHETH L.M. WOOD, Washington University, St. Louis

A total of 2,096 students from 360 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 257 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.

March 1, 1989
Leonard F. Klosinski, Director; Gerald L. Alexanderson and Loren C. Larson, Associate Directors
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