Math 495R - Independent Study - Fall 2025

Class Information

Instructor: Tuan Pham
Class meetings: W: 2 - 2:50 PM at SCB 211
[Syllabus]   [Canvas]   [Poster]  

Office Hours

Monday, Friday: 2:00 - 3:30 PM at SCB 316, or by appointment

Assignments

  • Assignment for each week will be given in class.
  • Show up for the Putnam exam (morning and afternoon).

    • Lecture notes

  • Week 2 (Sep 10): sequences of the form \(x_{n+1}=f(x_n)\)
  • Week 1 (Sep 3): introduction; hand calculations

    • Supplement materials

  • Archive of Putnam problems
  • A lot of training problems
  • Putnam 'easy' problems
  • The book "Putnam and Beyond" by Gelca and Andreescu (2007)
  • The book "Problem-solving strategies" by Arthur Engel (1998)

    • Links

    Joseph F. Smith Library
    This page was last modified on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2025.