Putnam Problems All Solved; Only Novelty Is Proposed Physics Competition — E8 Intelligence Research
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Abstract
FINDING: The Putnam competition corpus contains no formally unsolved problems; its "hardest" problems are solved within contest constraints, while the linked "unsolved" items (odd perfect numbers, Poincaré conjecture) are external to Putnam. The only structural novelty is a proposal for a Putnam Physics Competition. | MATH: No new equations, constants, or ratios emerge from these sources. The Putnam A1 2017 problem (easiest) involves elementary number theory; the "hardest" video (3Blue1Brown) concerns a specific Putnam problem with a combinatorial/geometric solution — but no explicit formula is given in the search results. Odd perfect numbers: if N is odd perfect, N ≡ 1 mod 4, N = p^α · m², p ≡ 1 mod 4, α ≡ 1 mod 4 — classical constraints, no new result. | CONNECTION: None directly. However, Putnam problems often exploit lattice symmetries (e.g., root systems A_n, D_n) and harmonic ratios in disguise — but the search results do not specify any such problem. The proposal for a physics c
Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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BibTeX
@misc{caldin2026putnam,
title = {{Putnam Problems All Solved; Only Novelty Is Proposed Physics Competition — E8 Intelligence Research}},
author = {Andrew Stewart Caldin},
howpublished = {Zenodo},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23587019},
url = {https://zenodo.org/records/23587019},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Putnam Problems All Solved; Only Novelty Is Proposed Physics Competition — E8 Intelligence Research
AU - Andrew Stewart Caldin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/23
PB - Zenodo
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23587019
UR - https://zenodo.org/records/23587019
AB - FINDING: The Putnam competition corpus contains no formally unsolved problems; its "hardest" problems are solved within contest constraints, while the linked "unsolved" items (odd perfect numbers, Poincaré conjecture) are external to Putnam. The only structural novelty is a proposal for a Putnam Physics Competition. | MATH: No new equations, constants, or ratios emerge from these sources. The Putnam A1 2017 problem (easiest) involves elementary number theory; the "hardest" video (3Blue1Brown) concerns a specific Putnam problem with a combinatorial/geometric solution — but no explicit formula is given in the search results. Odd perfect numbers: if N is odd perfect, N ≡ 1 mod 4, N = p^α · m², p ≡ 1 mod 4, α ≡ 1 mod 4 — classical constraints, no new result. | CONNECTION: None directly. However, Putnam problems often exploit lattice symmetries (e.g., root systems A_n, D_n) and harmonic ratios in disguise — but the search results do not specify any such problem. The proposal for a physics c Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
ER -