About

The Problem of the Week is a series of challenging problems aimed at UH students to encourage mathematical thinking. Once a week we will post problems for anyone to attempt to solve. You are counted as a solver for the week if you can answer any of the questions posted. You can submit questions by either typing up your work or submitting a scan of written work to uhmathproblem@gmail.com, by the due date listed.

($$) Not only will these problems be fun to work on, but UH undergraduate solvers who consistently submit correct solutions may be eligible for prize money at the end of the semester.

 

Current Problem (Due Wednesday, December 10th)

Last problem, enjoy!

 

Problem History


Problems Selected Solutions Solvers
Problem 12


Problem 11
Q1: Coming Soon
Q2: Open
Mark Hubenthal
Problem 10
Tin Lam: Q1
Mark Hubenthal-Q1 & Q2
Mark Hubenthal, Tin Lam, Nikhil Pandya
Problem 9
Solution to Question 1: Tin Lam
Question 2: Still open, feel free to submit solutions.
Ju Hyung Ahn, Tin Lam, Nikhil Pandya
Problem 8
Problem 1 - Ahn, Lam, Pandya
Problem 2 - Ahn
Ju Hyung Ahn, Tin Lam, Nikhil Pandya
Problem 7

Ju Hyung Ahn, George Georgiev, Tin Lam, Nikhil Pandya, Eric Platt, Brittany Shepherd

Problem 6
Type Solutions by Tin Lam
Malcolm Davies, Georgi Georgiev, Tin Lam, Nikhil Pandya, Brittany Shepherd
Problem 5
Prob 1 - Tin Lam, Prob 1 - Bullock & McLaney, Prob 2 - POTW
Tin Lam, Micah Bullock, Malcolm Davies, Jacob McLaney
Problem 4

Selahittin Cinar, Mark Hubenthal, Tin Lam
Problem 3
Solution 3

Shang-Huan Chiu, Tin Lam, Licheng Zhang

Problem 2
Solution 2  Tin Lam and Eric Platt
Problem 1 Two Nice Solutions: Tin Lam (1 & 2), Priyank Pillai (1)

Nikhil Kottapalli, Tin Lam, Sean McGregor,
Priyank Pillai


Problem Suggestions

    Think you have a good problem you'd like to see students attempt? Feel free to send it to uhmathproblem@gmail.com and we might include it in our weekly problems.

Fall 2014 Leader-board


Name

Solves

Status

Tin Lam

10

Non-UH Solver

Nikhil Pandya

5

UH Solver

Mark Hubenthal 3
UH Postdoc
Ju Hyung Ahn 3

UH Student

Malcolm Davies

2

UH Graduate Student

Georgi Georgiev

2

Undergraduate Student (Bulgaria)

Eric Platt

2

UH Graduate Student

Brittany Shepherd

2

UH Undergraduate Student

Micah Bullock

1

UH Engineering Undergraduate

Shang-Huan Chiu

1

UH Graduate Student

Selahittin Cinar

1

UH Graduate Student

Nikhil Kottapalli

1

UH Undergraduate Student

Sean McGregor

1

UH Undergraduate Student

Jacob McLaney

1

UH Engineering Undergraduate

Nikhil Pandya

1

UH-Solver

Priyank Pillai

1

UH Undergraduate Student

Daniel Poll

1

UH Graduate Student

Licheng Zhang

1

UH Graduate Student