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April 18, 2016
2015 Putnam Mathematical Competition
Over 4000 undergraduate students from nearly 600 institutions in North America took part in the exam in 2015. Carnegie Mellon's team, which consisted of Josh Brakensiek, Linus Hamilton, and Thomas Swayze placed second.This was the fifth top 5 performance in a row for CMU. Furthermore, 41 CMU students placed among the top 470