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Re: Putnam 2008 QUESTIONS
Posted:
Dec 8, 2008 5:55 AM
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I have received a couple of comments regarding the posting of the
questions and answers for this year's Putnam exam. That surprises me:
I've done this many, many times in the past and have never had a
negative reaction.
I don't have a copy of the rule sheet handed out with this year's
exam, to check for sure, but I did find the schedule and rules on
line. According to these data, everyone finishes taking the exam
Saturday afternoon (i.e. well before I posted anything), with the only
exceptions listed being those covered in this clause:
"Students who for religious reasons cannot take the examination at the
scheduled hours may take the examination after sundown on the
scheduled Saturday, upon request by the supervisor and approval of the
Director. Such students must remain under the supervision of a faculty
member, rabbi, or clergyman from the official starting time for that
time zone on the day of the examination."
I really don't see that under these conditions anyone is going to be
able to get any benefit from the fact that I posted the solutions
early Sunday morning.
There are also solutions posted on the web (e.g. a set has been posted
by Kedlaya and Ng as of early Monday morning; I don't know when those
were first posted).
dave
PS -- sorry about not following up my own previous article correctly
but Google Groups seems to have lost the articles I posted ?! (They
are still present at mathforum.) And the formatting screw-up was a
team effort between me and Google. (My regular posting mechanism is on
the fritz.)
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