No Unsolved Putnam Problems: Search Yields Only Secondary Sources — E8 Intelligence Research
FINDING: Search returned only secondary/popular sources (YouTube explainers, an arXiv opinion piece) — no actual unsolved Putnam problems, because the Putnam has no unsolved problems by design. | MATH: Putnam = 12 problems (A1–A6, B1–B6), 10 pts each, 120 max, 6 hours, 2 sessions of 3h; median score typically 0–10; top ~5% score >50. Every problem has a known, verified solution. | CONNECTION: None to φ-family ratios, base-60, or crystallographic symmetry. The only structural numbers are 12, 6, 10, 120 — all base-10 administrative, not mathematical invariants. | DEPTH: 1 FINDING: The premise "Putnam unsolved problems" is a category error — the Putnam is a closed-book undergraduate exam, not an open-problem list. | MATH: Contrast with genuinely open problems: Riemann Hypothesis, P vs NP, Collatz, Goldbach, Navier–Stokes existence/smoothness, Yang–Mills mass gap, Hodge conjecture, Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer. | CONNECTION: Of these, only RH and BSD touch analytic/algebraic number theory where Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Authors
- Andrew Stewart Caldin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23721717
- Primary Topic
- Analytic Number Theory Research
- Type
- preprint