What do math majors think of the Putnam competition?

I've written about it before. One snowy Friday evening, in my first term as a freshman, a Math professor called me and said "We think you should take the Putnam exam tomorrow. Do you want to do…

Top stories for Long   What do math majors think of the Putnam competition? Nasir Afaf, studied Mathematics & Quantum Field Theory • Updated Sun I've written about it before. One snowy Friday evening, in my first term as a freshman, a Math professor called me and said "We think you should take the Putnam exam tomorro... Read more » 178 19   Why is the trade war between the United States and the rest of the world keeping on escalating, with US goods facing brutal boycotts from the global economy? Isn't this horrific for US companies whose earnings and stocks are already collapsing? Sven Dirks, Engineer (2007-present) • Answered March 5 The stock markets are far from collapsing. However, they are creeping downwards and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future, if I am not mistaken. The boycotts eve... Read more » 206 8   Is there any way to transform Android camera images into pixel art that can be used in Godot? If yes, like what? Chris Nash, Former game programmer, now real-world programmer • Answered February 11 I just saw a tool, Pyxelate, some random netizen developed that turns regular images—like photos—into pixel art. Here's one of his example conversions: Obviously the first im... Read more » 20 4   Is Danish the official language of Greenland? Why don't Greenlandic people speak it? Erik Painter, Know a little about linguistics. • Answered April 3 Danish is not the official language of Greenland. The official language of Greenland is Kalaallisut (Greenlandic in English). It has been the official language since 2009. ... Read more » 153   Newborn babies of animals don't need any vaccines at any point in their life, but human babies have to take so many vaccines to survive and remain healthy. Why is that? Enrique Cerdo., FULLY VAXXED! Not impressed with your excuses. • Answered March 19 I have a fun activity for you for this weekend. For this activity, you will need a young puppy and a car along with some money. "Who's a good boy?" Take said puppy and drive t... Read more » 4K 205   How would you fix the Minecraft Movie? Rodra Hascaryo, studied Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urba... • Answered April 16 On the contrary, I'm hoping that the Minecraft Movie will fix Hollywood. First of all, the Minecraft Movie is financially successful. It earned $500 million world wide and i... Read more » 143 28   Where will Aaron Rodgers end up in 2025, and which team is most likely to sign him in free agency? Tony Twillie, former Contributor/writer, WhoDatDish.com, Saints site at FanSided (2016-2020) • Answered February 13 Rodgers is in a funky spot this offseason. While he righted his ship later in the season, his 2024 campaign reminded us a lot of his 2022 season, his last in Green Bay. Slo... Read more » 28 26   What are some common performance optimization myths that actually make code slower? Jack Brennen, Software Engineer for over 35 years • Answered April 7 Common performance optimization "myth" that often makes code slower? That loops should always be unrolled when possible. This was true many years ago. The extra tests and bra... Read more » 111 4   Is Google's goose cooked? Why would anyone use anything else for search other than AI? Why spend 15 minutes in the weeds when you can have an immediate stress-free answer in 15 seconds? Chris Everett, American. • Answered April 1 Mostly because AI is utter garbage for search. And while you might get a "stress free answer in 15 seconds", there's a very high percentage chance that the answer is outrig... Read more » 238 17   Do all pubs in the UK allow non-British visitors? Alan Richards, lives in The United Kingdom (1952-present) • Answered November 8, 2023 Don't be silly. They are PUBLIC houses. All adults welcome unless they are naughty and have been barred/banned. Some pubs don't let under 18s in. If the pub serves food all... Read more » 207   Can we have x^2 + y^2 = z^2 and x^n + y^n = z^n (x, y, z fixed integers, n integer>2, FLT supposed not yet demonstrated)? David Joyce, Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania (1979) • Answered April 10 I think you're asking for a simple proof that there are no positive integers [math]x,y,[/math] and [math]z[/math] such that both [math]x^2+y^2=z^2[/math] and [math]x^n+y^n=z^n[/math] where [math]n>2.[/math] Of course, that follows from W... Read more » 47 1   Why was Coors Beer illegal in large parts of the US during the Ford administration? Rik Elswit, Musician for 60 years. Professional musician for 55. • Answered April 10 This kerfluffle is so 20th century. American tastes in beer have improved and we've moved on. And thanks to the craft beer movement, that Anheuser Busch weasel piss that us... Read more » 174 16 Read more in your feed

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