2025 Putnam Exam | A1

A formal solution to Problem A1 from the 2025 Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Spin Representation

Explaining spin representation as it relates to quantum mechanics.

My Thoughts on the Use of AI

Discussing my experience with AI as it has shaped my development as a programmer.

The Pair Correlation Function

Derivation, overview, and guide to producing pair correlation functions from spatial data.

Beating Nim

How to play Nim perfectly, an introduction to proofs in combinatorial games.

Green's Function for Method of Images

Green's function is the impulse response, or fundamental solution of an inhomogeneous linear differential equation, and can help solve a variety of problems within physics. I derive and cover some of cases within electrostatics.

Kent State Space Mission

A couple of undergraduate friends and I sent up a weather balloon to collect telemetry and footage of the total solar eclipse within the path of totality.