COSAM News Articles 2017 April Doyon Kim ranks highest in Auburn at The National Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduate students

Doyon Kim ranks highest in Auburn at The National Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduate students

Published: 04/12/2017

The National Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduate students was held on December 3, 2016. Math major Doyon Kim did the best among the contestants from Auburn. He is in the group of contestants with ranks 198-500 (no order was given within that group). The top 500 out of over 4,164 contestants from 568 institutions are listed in the Putnam report by their names and by their institutions. Doyon is the only student listed in the report from Auburn.

Thanks go to Dr. Andras Bezdek for his great coaching and organization. For more about Putnam Competition, click http://www.maa.org/math-competitions/putnam-competition

Congratulations Doyon!