640:491 Mathematics Problem Solving Seminar
Fall Seminar. Next given in Fall 2008
This is a seminar in mathematical problem solving. It is aimed at undergraduate students who enjoy solving mathematical problems in a variety of areas, and want to strengthen their creative mathematical skills, and their skills at doing mathematical proofs. One of the main goals of this seminar is to help interested students prepare for the William Lowell Putnam Undergraduate Mathematics Competition , which is an annual national mathematics competition held every December. Any full-time undergraduate who does not yet have a college degree is eligible to participate in the exam. (However, you are free to participate in the seminar without taking the exam, and vice versa.)
The seminar may be taken for one unit of credit.
Students may audit the seminar with permission of the instructor.
The seminar qualifies as an honors seminar for the
honors
track .
All students taking the seminar are expected to:
- Attend regularly.
- Participate actively in group problem solving.
- Take their turn presenting a problem solution to the class.
- Read text book chapter to be covered in advance of the seminar meeting.
- Work on some of the assigned problems and turn in a carefully written solution for at least one problem per week.
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