The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the sixty-ninth competition held on December 6, 2008

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Zachary Abel, Iurie Boreico, and Arnav Tripathy

2

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Peter Z. Diao, John V. Pardon, and Adrian I. Zahariuc

3

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Qingchun Ren, Xuancheng Shao, and Yufei Zhao

4

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Young Hun Jung, Nathan K. Pflueger, and Jeffrey Wang

5

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Jason C. Bland, Zarathustra E. Brady, and Brian Lawrence

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 Five Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $2,500.

BRIAN R. LAWRENCE

California Institute of Technology

SEOK HYEONG LEE

Stanford University

ARNAV TRIPATHY

Harvard University

BOHUA ZHAN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YUFEI ZHAO

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Eleven Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $1,000.

IURIE BOREICO

Harvard University

ADAM C. HESTERBERG

Princeton University

WILLIAM A. JOHNSON

University of Washington

CEDRIC LIN

University of British Columbia

ANTON S. MALYSHEV

Princeton University

JOHN V. PARDON

Princeton University

QINGCHUN REN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

OLEG O. RUDENKO

Florida Atlantic University

COLIN P. SANDON

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JACOB N. STEINHARDT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ALEX ZHAI

Harvard University

The Next Nine Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

ZACHARY ABEL

Harvard University

THOMAS D. BELULOVICH

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JASON C. BLAND

California Institute of Technology

GABRIEL T. BUJOKAS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KONSTANTIN MATVEEV

University of Toronto

NATHAN K. PFLUEGER

Stanford University

AARON H. POTECHIN

Princeton University

DONG UK RHEE

University of Waterloo

ADRIAN I. ZAHARIUC

Princeton University

Honorable Mention: Teams

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Jason M. Ferguson, Aaron J. Pollack, and Tanawit Sae Sue

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Timothy Heath, Daniel J. Hermes, and Jeff M. Madsen

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Christopher J. Kauffman, Kevin Lin, and Xiaoqing Tang

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Viktoriya Krakovna, Konstantin Matveev, and Alexander Remorov

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Elyot Grant, Steven N. Karp, and Dong Uk Rhee

Honorable Mention: Individuals

FARZIN BAREKAT, University of British Columbia

HAITAO MAO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YAKOV I. BERCHENKO-KOGAN, California Institute of Technology

KEVIN P. MODZELEWSKI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GEORGE A. BOXER, Princeton University

YONG SUK MOON, Stanford University

KEVIN S. CARDE, Harvard University

THANASIN NAMPAISARN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JEFFREY CHEN, Stanford University

KEENAN Y. PEPPER, Florida State University

ROBERT T. CORDWELL, University of New Mexico

DAVID L. PHILIPSON, Stanford University

HANSHENG DIAO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AARON J. POLLACK, Duke University

PETER Z. DIAO, Stanford University

ERIC C. PRICE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SAMUEL J. DITTMER, Brigham Young University

ANAND B. RAJAGOPALAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SAMUEL S. ELDER, California Institute of Technology

KRISHANU R. SANKAR, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ZHOU FAN, Harvard University

XUANCHENG SHAO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SIMON FILIP, Princeton University

WILLIAM T. SHORE, Brown University

MICHAEL A. FORBES, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JEONG SOO SIM, Stanford University

ANDREI FRIMU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YI SUN, Harvard University

JACKSON C. GORHAM, Stanford University

KIAT CHUAN TAN, Stanford University

JEREMY M. HAHN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KENNETH J. TAY, Princeton University

DANIEL J. HERMES, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

JASON A. TRIGG, Massachusetts Institute at Technology

MARCELLO M. HERRESHOFF, Stanford University

ANDREI B. UNGUREANU, Princeton University

MATTHEW A. JORDAN, University of Maryland, College Park

DMITRY VAINTROB, Harvard University

YOUNG HUN JUNG, Stanford University

AMEYA A. VELINGKER, Harvard University

SHAUNAK KISHORE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NEAL WADHWA, Harvard University

VIKTORIYA KRAKOVNA, University of Toronto

JEFFREY WANG, Stanford University

ROSEN D. KRALEV, Harvard University

KUN-CHIEH WANG, Purdue University

MIKHAIL P. LAVROV, Duke University

TENGYAO WANG, Princeton University

TONY J. LIU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GJERGJI ZAIMI, California Institute of Technology

XUE LIU, Princeton University

ALEXANDR ZAMORZAEV, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YE LUO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BENJAMIN M. ZAX, California Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

Winner receives an award of $1,000.

VIKTORIYA KRAKOVNA

University of Toronto

Questions Committee

Greg Kuperberg, University of California, Davis (chair); Mark Krusemeyer, Carleton College; and Bjorn Poonen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A total of 3627 students from 545 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 405 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.

March 1, 2009
Leonard F. Klosinski, Director; Gerald L. Alexanderson and Loren C. Larson, Associate Directors
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