{"id":26182,"date":"2026-09-11T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=26182"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:13:22","slug":"2026-putnam-mathematics-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2026\/2026-putnam-mathematics-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Putnam Mathematics Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        2026 Putnam Mathematics Competition\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton University will once again be participating in the <strong>Putnam Mathematics Competition<\/strong> this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Putnam Competition is a university mathematics contest open to undergraduate students across Canada and the United States. Carleton has a long and proud history of participation, and <strong>all undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to participate, regardless of year of study or perceived mathematical ability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition is designed so that success is not necessarily dependent on a student\u2019s year of study or the specific mathematics courses they have taken. Students who perform particularly well may be eligible for cash prizes and graduate fellowships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton\u2019s top three participants are designated as the University\u2019s Putnam \u201cteam\u201d for institutional rankings. The names of past Carleton team members are also recognized on a plaque in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Last year, Carleton\u2019s team placed <strong>205th out of more than 500 teams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"competition-date\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competition Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, December 5, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"learn-more-about-the-putnam-competition\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More About the Putnam Competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the competition, including its history and prizes, visit the <strong>Mathematical Association of America\u2019s Putnam Competition website<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mathematical-association-of-america wp-block-embed-mathematical-association-of-america\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XKJzz67qDJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maa.org\/putnam\/\">MAA Putnam<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMAA Putnam\u201d \u2014 Mathematical Association of America\" src=\"https:\/\/maa.org\/putnam\/embed\/#?secret=fEHnMbMwQR#?secret=XKJzz67qDJ\" data-secret=\"XKJzz67qDJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past competitions, solutions and statistics are also available through the <strong>Putnam Competition Archive<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kskedlaya.org\/putnam-archive\">Putnam Comptetition Archive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"weekly-preparation-sessions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Preparation Sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning at the end of September and continuing until the competition in early December, <strong>Professor Brett Stevens<\/strong> from Carleton\u2019s School of Mathematics and Statistics will hold fun and informal weekly preparation sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sessions will explore a variety of mathematical problem-solving methods and strategies. While there will be a focus on Putnam-style problems, many of the ideas and techniques discussed are more broadly applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Participation in the preparation sessions is neither required to write the competition nor contingent upon participating in the competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"interested-in-participating\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interested in Participating?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students interested in participating in the <strong>weekly preparation sessions, the Putnam Competition, or both<\/strong> should contact Professor Brett Stevens at <a href=\"mailto:brett@math.carleton.ca\"><strong>brett@math.carleton.ca<\/strong><\/a> as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please use <strong>\u201cputnam\u201d<\/strong> as the subject line of your email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students interested in attending the weekly preparation sessions should also include a <strong>screenshot of their class schedule<\/strong> to assist with scheduling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University will once again be participating in the Putnam Mathematics Competition this year. The Putnam Competition is a university mathematics contest open to undergraduate students across Canada and the United States. Carleton has a long and proud history of participation, and all undergraduate students are welcome and encouraged to participate, regardless of year of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,97,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carleton-news","category-clubs-and-societies","category-undergrad-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26183,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26182\/revisions\/26183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}