Word: klosinski
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...what does it take to ace the Putnam? It's not about memorizing theorems. "The Putnam does not try to measure mathematical knowledge," says Leonard Klosinski, director of the competition and a professor of math at Santa Clara University in California. "What it does test is the ability to solve very challenging problems in a fixed period of time. Students who do well are mathematically gifted, very quick and highly creative." The past winners aren't exactly household names--unless you live in an extremely enlightened household--but they include Richard Feynman and Kenneth Wilson, two Nobel prizewinners. Three Putnam...
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