The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the eighty-fifth competition held on December 7, 2024

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.

Jiangqi Dai

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papon Lapate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brian Liu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luke Robitaille

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Qiao Sun

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Eleven Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $1,000.

Advaith Avadhanam

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pico Gilman

University of California, Santa Barbara

Cheng Jiang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Derek Liu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Maximus Lu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Henrick Rabinovitz

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pichayut Saengrungkongka

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Eric Shen

Harvard University

Karthik Vedula

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Allen Wang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zixiang (Peter) Zhou

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Next Nine Highest Ranking Individuals

Each receives an award of $250.

Kevin Cong

Harvard University

Rishabh Das

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Raymond Feng

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Minjae Kwon

Princeton University

Elliott Liu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Razzi Masroor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jessica Wan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yichen Xiao

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alex Zhao

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention: Individuals (ranks 26-100)

David Anghel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Omar Farid Astudillo Marban, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mehmet Can Bastemir, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ankit Bisain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alan Bu, Harvard University
An Cao, Brown Unversity
Ruben Carpenter, Yale University
Tristan Chaang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Evan Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reagan Choi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cheuk Hei Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wilbert Chu, Purdue University
Raphael Dylan Dalida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sanjana Das, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caleb Dastrup, Brigham Young University
Robert Dragomirescu, Stanford University
Lucy Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mason Eyler, Stanford University
Ruosong Gao, Stanford University
Gopal Goel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Gu, Harvard University
Thomas Guo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Hamrick, University of North Carolina
Evan Hart, Reed College
Rowan Hess, Cornell University
Daniel Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Qingcheng Hu, University of Chicago
Valentio Iverson, University of Waterloo
Visur Jasuja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pavan Jayaraman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin Jeter, Arizona State University
Zhicheng Jiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shihan Kanungo, San Jose State University
Davit Kldiashvili, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aaron Alvarado Kristanto Julistiono, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tuong Le, University of Michigan
Daeho Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gyudong Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Justin Lee, California Institute of Technology
Jordan Lefkowitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lei Li, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy
Sean Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michal Lipiec, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrei Mandelshtam, Stanford University
Marvin Mao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Haran Mouli, University of Wisconsin
Nikhil Mudumbi, Columbia University
Aloysius Ng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tiago Oliveira Marques, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aditya Pahuja, Stony Brook University
Zehan Pan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bo Peng, Carnegie Mellon University
Hung Pham, University of Chicago
Krishna Pothapragada, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Isaac Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jacopo Rizzo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Worrawat Rungaramsin, Stanford University
James Rydell, Duke University
Eric Shen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin Shimabukuro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Danil Sibgatullin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Easton Singer, Harvard University
Tomasz Ślusarczyk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nathan Smith, Brown Univeristy
Milo Stammers, University of Waterloo
Maxwell Sun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenta Suzuki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linus Yifeng Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teimurazi Toloraia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thien An Vu, University of North Carolina
Noah Walsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jaedon Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jer Ren Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Xia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Max Xu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Yuan, University of Maryland
Isaac Zhu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

Winner receives an award of $1,000.

Jessica Wan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Winning Teams

Rank

School

Team Members (in alphabetical order)

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Papon Lapate, Luke Robitaille, Qiao Sun

2

Harvard University

Kevin Cong, Andrew Gu, Eric Shen

3

Stanford University

Robert Dragomirescu, Andrei Mandelshtam, Worrawat Rungaramsin

4

Carnegie Mellon University

Alan Abraham, Lei Li, Bo Peng

5

University of California, Santa Barbara

Victor Bernal Ramirez, Pico Gilman, Om Mahesh

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.

Brown University

An Cao, Luke Choi, Nathan Smith

University of Chicago

Qingcheng Hu, Cong Hung Le Tran, Hung Pham

University of Maryland, College Park

Clarence Lam, Isaac Mammel, Daniel Yuan

University of Michigan

Tuong Le, Deron Lessure, Bohang Yu

University of Waterloo

Valentio Iverson, Milo Stammers, Mars Xiang, Xuezhi Wang

Putnam Problems Committee:

Brian Hunt (Chair), University of Maryland, College Park

Greta Panova, University of Southern California

George Gilbert, Texas Christian Univeristy

Contributors of Additional Problems for the Competition

Patrick Corn, Susquehanna International Group

Gregory Galperin, Eastern Illinois University

David Grabiner, Department of Defense

Karl Mahlburg, Susquehanna International Group

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

This HTML transcription was made by Kiran S. Kedlaya on February 21, 2025. Please address any corrections to kedlaya[at]ucsd[dot]edu.