First Annual MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

The following cash awards will be given in each of the following student groups:

Senior, Junior & Sophomore, and Freshman

• First Prize: $250
• Second Prize: $100
• Third Prize: $50

Decisions on the Prizes depend on student solutions of problems
given below and will be decided by the departments Contest Committee

1. All undergraduate students enrolled at UMaine are eligible.
2. Freshman, Sophomores & Juniors, and Seniors solve their own sets of problems and the winners among each of these groups will be awarded separately.
3. It is not necessary to solve all the problems. Students should solve as many problems in their category as they can.
4. We expect student integrity; work on the problems individually.
5. On the cover page of your solutions, include your first and last name, your academic class standing, your major (if known).
6. Solutions should be submitted or mailed before the deadline to:
   Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Neville Hall 333, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469
7. Deadline for submission of Problem Solutions: March 24, 2008.

Freshman Problem Set

Sophomore & Junior Problem Set

Senior Problem Set

• Freshman Awards:
  First Prize--Tim Baker (Mathematics)
  Second Prize-- not awarded
  Third Prize-- Brian McLaughlin (Mechanical Engineering)
• Sophomore & Junior Awards:
  First Prize--Nick Millet (Mathematics) 
  Second Prize--Tyler Rigazio (Mathematics & Survey Engineering)
  Third Prize-- David Chamberlain (Electrical & Computer Engineering)                                                  and Benjamin Freedman (Chemical Engineering)
• Senior Awards:
  First Prize--not awarded
  Second Prize--Corie Drake (Mathematics & Mechanical Engineering)
  Third Prize--Adam Duncan (Mathematics & Computer Science)

• Freshman Awards:
  First Prize--Nick Millet (Mathematics)
  Second Prize-- Tyler Rigazio (Surveying Engineering)
  Third Prize--not awarded
• Sophomore & Junior Awards:
  First Prize--John Brophy (Mathematics) & Benjamin Freedman (Civil Engineering)
  Second Prize--Corie Drake (Mechanical Engineering)
  Third Prize--Harold Walton (Civil Engineering) & Aruna Sigdel (Biochemistry)
  Honorable Mention: Xibei Ding (Mechanical Engineering) & Jeff Poirier (Mechanical Engineering)
• Senior Awards:
  First Prize--Derek Bean (Mathematics)
  Second Prize--not awarded
  Third Prize--Adam Duncan (Mathematics & Computer Science)

• Freshman Awards:
  First Prize--Ben Freedman (Bio. Engineering)
  Second Prize-- Kyle Cronin (Computer Science)
  Third Prize--Michael Keane (Chemical Engineering)
• Sophomore & Junior Awards:
  First Prize--Adam Duncan (Mathematics & Computer Science)
  Second Prize--Anh Do (Business Administration)
  Third Prize--Oleksiy Bogun (Visiting Student, Natural Sciences)
  Honorable Mention: Derek Bean (Mathematics), Erik Perkins (Physics)
  
• Senior Awards:
  First Prize--Amanda Criner (Mathematics & Microbiology)