The American Mathematical Monthly , The College Mathematics Journal , or Mathematics Magazine . Benefits of membership include opportunities to meet other students with similar interests, contact with the mathematics community, lectures, films, and discussions about mathematics and its applications, career information, and the opportunity to fill a leadership role. For information about becoming a member of the UMR Chapter, ask in the Mathematics and Statistics Department office. William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition is conducted annually under the sponsorship of the Mathematical Association of America, and is designed to stimulate a healthy rivalry in the undergraduate work of mathematics departments in U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities.
Students compete as individuals or members of a three person team representing their institution.
Prizes are awarded to the members of the top five teams and their schools and to the ten highest ranking individuals. The examination is usually held in November or December. On the 1991 Putnam Exam, a UMR mathematics major was in the top five nationally. As part of the department's capstone courses, Math 361 - Problem Solving in Pure Mathematics, is designed in part to prepare students to participate in the William Lowell Putnam Competition. Mathematical Competition in Modeling.