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Problem Solving Group

The UTSC Problem Solving Group meets weekly to learn the art and craft of problem solving. We meet on Tuesdays at 09:00 in IC-220. We’ll start meeting during the week of Monday, May 8th, 2023.

Each month, we have three kinds of events:

  1. Lectures: speakers introduce and explain contest-problem strategies
  2. Problem solving sessions: we work on contest problems
  3. Hikes: we go for a hike, usually to Creek Coffee and Co, and talk about math problems

Summer 2023 Schedule #

This summer, we will read through The Art and Craft of Problem-Solving by Paul Zeitz (UToronto Library). The major sections of the book are:

DateSpeakerTopicNotesAttendance
Thursday April 20th 2023 @ 13:00Parker Glynn-AdeyPlanningPutnam Power Preparation9
Tuesday May 16thParker Glynn-AdeyGetting Started: Simplifying Problems and Getting Hands Dirtyhandout7
Tuesday May 30thRizoGenerating functions9
Tuesday June 6thNoneHike (weather permitting)8
Tuesday June 13thMalharCombinatoricshandout9
Tuesday June 20th (Reading Week)NoneHike4
Tuesday June 27thNoneProblem Solving Session2021 Putnam Contest6
Tuesday July 4thAdibBiologyhandout9
Tuesday July 11thRobertRecursively defined setshandout8
Tuesday July 18thRizoProblem Solving Sesion2019 Putnam Contest6
ArunGeneral strategies / inequalities
AlankritBinomial theorem / permutations
ChaitanyaNumber theory
SashaProbability
ThomasComplex numbers / number theory

Thursday April 20th 2023 @ 13:00 #

Things to decide on:

  1. Day and time – We’ll send out a WhenIsGood poll.
  2. Order of speakers – Currently alphabetical, subject to revision.

Resources #

Putname Specific #

General #

Contest Mathematics #

Puzzle-y Math #

Published: Apr 19, 2023 @ 15:30.
Last Modified: Aug 31, 2026 @ 21:59.

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#math #service #puzzle

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