Green Chicken Contest Saturday October 29
At Middlebury, you can only help the team, all expenses paid. Go to our Green Chicken page and sign up with Professor Stoiciu. Continue reading »
Contests
The 2010 Green Chicken Exam
This Saturday was the annual Green Chicken math contest between Middlebury and Williams. Over 30 students spent several hours doing (and then discussing) math problems in order to determine which school shall have the honor of being the home to a green porcelin chicken. Our team (with… Continue reading »
Green Chicken contest on October 23
The official date of the Green Chicken contest has been decided. It will take place at Williams College on October 23, 2010. More information is available here. Continue reading »
Williams 17th in 2009 Putnam
Continuing our strong performance in last year’s Putnam Competition, the Williams team (comprised from Nick Arnosti, Carlos Dominguez, Jake Levinson and Wei Sun) placed 17th in North America, with all four scoring in the top 500 of over 3000 students. Click here for the problems and… Continue reading »
The Putnam and Other Math Competitions
In honor of the strong performance by Williams College on the Putnam Math Competition (placing 14th out of over 500 teams, with two students in the top 200 and two in the top 500 in North America), this is a good time to talk about why these… Continue reading »