The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the seventy-ninth competition held on December 1, 2018

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Dongryul Kim, Shyam Naryanan, David Stoner

2

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Junyao Peng, Ashwin Sah, Yunkun Zhou

3

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Ciprian Mircea Bonciocat, Xiaoyu Huang, Konstantin Miagkov

4

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Quang Dao, Myeonhu Kim, Matthew Lerner-Brecher

4

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

David Kewei Lin, Hanzhi Zheng, Yifan Zhu

The institution with 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.

DONGRYUL KIM

Harvard University

SHYAM NARAYANAN

Harvard University

DAVID STONER

Harvard University

YUAN YAO

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SHENGTONG ZHANG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Ten Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $1,000.

MURILO CORATO ZANARELLA

Princeton University

JIYANG GAO

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ANDREW GU

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JAMES LIN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MICHAEL MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ASHWIN SAH

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KEVIN SUN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DANIELLE WANG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HUNG-HSUN YU

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

YUNKUN ZHOU

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

The winner receives an award of $1,000.

DANIELLE WANG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Twelve Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

ANKAN BHATTACHARYA

The Ohio State University

XIAOYU HUANG

University of California, Los Angeles

RAY LI

University of California, Berkeley

ALLEN LIU

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JUNYAO PENG

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BRIAN REINHART

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MICHAEL REN

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DILHAN SALGADO

Carnegie Mellon University

MIHIR SINGHAL

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ZHUO QUN SONG

Princeton University

ZHOUFAN XIE

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

KAIQI ZHU

University of California, Los Angeles

Honorable Mention: Individuals

OSMAN AKAR, Uniersity of California, Los Angeles
RAÚL ALCÁNTARA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ADAM BUSIS, Harvey Mudd College
DALAI CHADRAA, University of Washington, Seattle
HONGYI CHEN, University of Colorado, Boulder
ZACHARY CHROMAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MATTHEW CRAVEN, Florida Institute of Technology
QUANG DAO, Columbia University
JEFFREY DAWSON, University of British Columbia
KAAN DOKMECI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JUNHAO FAN, University of California, Berkeley
SWAPNIL GARG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
KYLE GETTIG, University of Florida
ALBERT GEVORGYAN, University of Waterloo
ANDREW HE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EDWARD HOU, Carnegie Mellon University
BRICE HUANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
YAN HUANG, Princeton University
JEFFREY HUANG, University of Texas at Austin
CALEB JI, Washington University
CODY JOHNSON, Carnegie Mellon University
AKSHAJ KADAVERU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RICHARD KANG, University of Waterloo
ALEXANDER KATZ, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MYEONHU KIM, Columbia University
ZACK LEE, Carnegie Mellon University
GIDEON LEEPER, California Institute of Technology
YUAN LIAO, Boston University
ANDREW LIN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DHRUV MEDARAMETLA, Stanford University
LINGJIE MEI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ERIK METZ, University of Maryland, College Park
KONSTANTIN MIAGKOV, University of California, Los Angeles
JEET MOHAPATRA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ESHAAN NICHANI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OTTO OSTERMAN, University of Texas at Dallas
ADVAIT PARULEKAR, Texas A&M University
FEI PENG, Carnegie Mellon University
EDWIN PENG, Carnegie Mellon University
KHANH PHAM, University of Chicago
SARANESH PREMBABU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
QI QI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SEYOON RAGAVAN, Princeton University
NIKHIL REDDY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SAMUEL REINEHR, Colorado School of Mines
QIUYU REN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
KEVIN REN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PEDRO SACRAMENTO OLIVEIRAZ, University of Pennsylvania
SIVAKORN SANGUANMOO, University of Wisconsin-Madison
GIAN CORDANA SANJAYA, University of Waterloo
MAYA SANKAR, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MEHTAAB SAWHNEY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CHRISTOPHER SHAO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JOSHUA SPECKMAN, University of Southern California
KAI SUN, University of Waterloo
SIAH YONG TAN, Stanford University
MICHAEL TANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DRAKE THOMAS, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
ANTON TRYGUB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
IOAN VLADIMIR VÎNTU, Colorado College
RUNZE WANG, Swarthmore College
WILLIAM WANG, University of Pennsylvania
JIANQIAO XIA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
YINZHAN XU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CHRIS XU, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RICHARD XU, Harvard University
ALLEN YANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JIT WU YAP, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
RICHARD YI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ZHENYUAN ZHANG, University of Waterloo
HANZHI ZHENG, Stanford University
YIFAN ZHU, Stanford University
SIYE ZHU, Harvard University

Honorable Mention: Teams

Listed by university in alphabetical order.

HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

Shyan Akmal, Adam Busis, Xuming Liang

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Jeffrey Dawson, Sina Saleh, Heng Xia

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Junhao Fan, Ray Li, Jonathan Xia

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

Aaron George, Erik Metz, Pratik Rathore

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Albert Gevorgyan, Anzo Teh, Fengyang Wang

The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition was prepared by:

DANIEL ULLMAN, George Washington University — Director of the Competition

MARK KRUSEMEYER, Carleton College — Associate Director of the Competition

HARM DERKSEN, University of Michigan — Member of the Questions Committee

IOANA DUMITRIU, University of Washington — Member of the Questions Committee

ROBIN PEMANTLE, University of Washington — Member of the Questions Committee

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