{"id":263,"date":"2016-10-05T09:06:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/?p=263"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:06:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T16:06:51","slug":"putnam-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/putnam-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Putnam Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/math.scu.edu\/putnam\/index.html\">Putnam Competition<\/a><\/strong> will be held on Sat. Dec. 3 from 8 &#8211; 11 am and 1 &#8211; 4 pm.<\/li>\n<li>From math faculty Brian Walter: &#8220;The exam consists of\u00a012 questions, 6 in the morning session and 6 in the afternoon. There are usually a couple of problems that don&#8217;t require knowledge of any particularly advanced mathematics. The median score is usually 0, though, so it&#8217;s a tough exam.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>From Krishna: I don&#8217;t like to think of it as an exam, or a competition, but more as an experience. In some circles, it&#8217;s a talking point to say &#8220;I got a 0 on the Putnam&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>If you are interested, please email Krishna and Vauhn by Thursday noon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Putnam Competition will be held on Sat. Dec. 3 from 8 &#8211; 11 am and 1 &#8211; 4 pm. From math faculty Brian Walter: &#8220;The exam consists of\u00a012 questions, 6 in the morning session and 6 in the afternoon. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/putnam-math\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/psam1617\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}