The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the eighty-fourth competition held on December 2, 2023

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.

Ankit Bisain

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jiangqi Dai

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papon Lapate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brian Liu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luke Robitaille

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Eleven Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $1,000.

Mingyang Deng

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Andrew Gu

Harvard University

Michael Li

University of Toronto

Sean Li

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Derek Liu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Maximus Lu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zhao Yu Ma

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aloysius Ng

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Shen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tomasz ƚlusarczyk

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kaixin Wang

Duke University

The Next Ten Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

Reagan Choi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kevin Cong

Harvard University

Rishabh Das

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Arav Karighattam

Harvard University

Huaye Lin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Shen

Harvard University

Brandon Wang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William Wang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel Xia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rowechen Zhong

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention: Individuals (ranks 27-100)

Jack Albright, Stanford University
Serena An, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nithid Anchaleenukoon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gradin Anderson, Brigham Young University
Asha Basu, McGill Unversity
Daniel Benavides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tomas Cantu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ruben Carpenter, Yale University
Tristan Chaang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alvin Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brandon Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quanlin Chen, Stanford University
Raphael Dylan Dalida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sanjana Das, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caleb Dastrup, Brigham Young University
Robert Dragomirescu, Stanford University
Yundi Duan, University of Waterloo
Raymond Feng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gopal Goel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ram Goel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Gu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anshul Guha, Yale University
Thomas Guo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Hamrick, University of North California, Chapel Hill
Daniel Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vidur Jasuja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin Kang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard Kang, University of Waterloo
Aaron Alvarado Kristanto Julistiono, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Antoine Labelle, McGill University
Tuong Le, University of Michigan
Daeho Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zhening Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jason Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Evan Lu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrei Mandelshtam, Stanford University
Edis Memis, Harvard University
Kevin Min, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Josiah Moltz, Binghamton University SUNY
Holden Mui, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atul Shatavart Nadig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atharva Pathak, Princeton University
Hung Pham, University of Chicago
Gregory Pylypovych, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pitchayut Saengrungkongka, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric Yuang Shao, Columbia University
Matthew Snodgrass, Carnegie Mellon University
Maxwell Sun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rui Sun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenta Suzuki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adam Tang, Harvey Mudd College
Vincent Trang, University of Maryland, College Park
Alan Vladimiroff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mateja Vukelic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Albert Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anthony Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frank Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jaedon Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gabriel Wu, Harvard University
Kevin Wu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yichen Xiao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward Xong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Xu, University of Michigan
Daniel Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Justin Yu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Yuan, University of Maryland, College Park
William Yue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Franklin Zhang, University of Illinois
Hankai Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ethan Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zixiang (Peter) Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Isaac Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Isabella Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

Winner receives an award of $1,000.

Isabella Zhu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ankit Bisain, Papon Lapate, Luke Robitaille

2

Harvard University

Kevin Cong, Andrew Gu, Arav Karighattam

3

Duke University

Erick Jiang, James Rydell, Kaixin Wang

4

Stanford University

Jack Albright, Quanlin Chen, Andrei Mandelshtam

5

University of Toronto

Ethan Bottomley-Mason, Michael Li, Zhiyuan Li

The institution with the first-place team receives an award of $25,000, and each member of the team receives $1,000. The team and member awards for second place are $20,000 and $800, respectively; for third place, $15,000 and $600; for fourth place, $10,000 and $400; and for fifth place, $5,000 and $200.

Honorable Mention: Teams (ranks 6-10)

Listed by university in alphabetical order. Where four students are listed, there was a tie for third-highest individual score at that institution.

Brigham Young University

Gradin Anderson, Caleb Dastrub, Ethan Katz

Princeton University

Benjamin Lemkin, Austen Mazenko, Atharva Pathak

University of Maryland, College Park

Omar Habibullah, Andrew Parker, Vincent Trang, Daniel Yuan

University of Michigan

Tuong Le, Alex Xu, Yuchong Zhang

University of Waterloo

Andrew Dong, Yundi Duan, Richard Kang

Yale University

Ruben Carpenter, Anshul Guha, Michael Ying

Putnam Problems Committee:

Brian Hunt, University of Maryland

Karl Mahlburg (Chair), Susquehanna International Group

Greta Panova, University of Southern California

Contributors of Additional Problems for the Competition

Gabriel Carroll, University of Toronto

David Grabiner, Department of Defense

Darij Grinberg, Drexel University

Michael Larsen, University of Indiana

Richard Stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Miami

Competition Leadership

Daniel Ullman (Director), George Washington University

Paul Zeitz (Associate Director), University of San Francisco

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