Problem of the Week

In the fall of 2006, the Department of Mathematics will be having a problem of the week-solving contest for students, in which any full-time UWP student is eligible to participate. On every Thursday , starting September 14, a problem will be posted on the website, and interested students will be given a week to work on the problem. Solutions must be submitted in the Math office (Gardner 151) by 4:00 pm the following Thursday. Submitted solutions will be assigned a score between 0 and 10. Each week the student with the “best” solution to each problem will be awarded a ten dollar ($10) Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. The students with the best cumulative scores will be awarded a monetary prize at the annual Department of Mathematics Banquet. For complete rules see Rules.

Problems from the previous semesters can be found here.

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            Spring 2008                                                                   Winner

Problem 1       Solution 1                                                

Problem 2       Solution 2                                                

Problem 3       Solution 3                                                

Problem 4       Solution 4                                                

Problem 5       Solution 5                                                

Problem 6       Solution 6                                                

Problem 7       Solution 7                                                

Problem 8       Solution 8                                                

Problem 9       Solution 9                                                

Problem 10