Rules for Problem of the Week
The contest is open to all undergraduates at Northern Arizona University. Solutions are due at 11:59pm every Monday.
Due Monday, April 21st, 2025 at 11:59 pm submitted to this Gradescope Course as a pdf of either typed or neatly handwritten and scanned work. If you don't have access to a scanner use a phone app like CamScanner or Adobe Scan or scan at the library. You might need to create an account with your NAU email. To enroll into the Problem of the Week course use entry code: NYZ56P.
**The answers should be clearly and logically explained. ** The goal is to write a convincing mathematical argument that supports your solution, not to write down the answer and draw a box around it.
Send your questions to Mikhail Baltushkin or Ian Williams at Mikhail.Baltushkin@nau.edu, Ian.Williams@nau.edu If your instructor gives you credit for submissions to problem of the week, please include their name and the class in the form (e.g. Swift, MAT 239)
Problems will be graded on a scale of 1 to 4. A model solution is posted each week. A ladder listing the points earned is posted in the lobby of the Adel Math Building (across from the MAP room). Your name will be printed on the ladder, but no names will be published on the web. Let me know if you want to remain anonymous on the posted ladder and what name you would prefer to use.