The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

Announcement of winners of the fifty-fifth competition held on December 3, 1994

WINNING TEAMS

  1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Kiran S. Kedlaya, Lenhard L. Ng, Dylan P. Thurston
  2. CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Jeremy L. Bem, Robert D. Kleinberg, Mark Krosky
  3. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: Henry L. Cohn, Adam W. Meyerson, Thomas A. Weston
  4. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: William R. Mann, Joel E. Rosenberg, Michail Sunitsky
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO: Ian A. Goldberg, Peter L. Milley, Kevin Purbhoo
The first place team receives an award of $7,500 and each member of the team receives $500. The awards for second place are $5,000 and $400; for third place $3,000 and $300; for fourth place $2,000 and $200; and for fifth place $1000 and $100.

In each of the following categories, the listing is in alphabetical order.

THE PUTNAM FELLOWS--THE FIVE HIGHEST RANKING INDIVIDUALS

THE NEXT FIVE HIGHEST RANKING INDIVIDUALS

Each receives an award of $500.

THE NEXT SIX HIGHEST RANKING INDIVIDUALS

Each receives an award of $250.

THE NEXT NINE HIGHEST RANKING INDIVIDUALS

Each receives an award of $100.

HONORABLE MENTION--TEAMS

HONORABLE MENTION--INDIVIDUALS


ELIZABETH LOWELL PUTNAM PRIZE

Winner receives an award of $500.


QUESTIONS COMMITTEE

Eugene Luks, University of Oregon (Chair); Fan Chung, Bellcore; and Mark I. Krusemeyer, Carleton College

A total of 2,314 students from 409 colleges and universities in Canada and the United States participated in the Competition. There were teams from 284 institutions. More complete details will appear in the American Mathematical Monthly.