MATH 100

Problem Solving

Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Problem-solving techniques and mathematical topics useful as preparation for Putnam Examination and similar competitions. Continued fractions, inequalities, modular arithmetic, closed form evaluation of sums and products, problems in geometry, rational functions and polynomials, other nonroutine problems. Participants expected to take Putnam Examination.

P/NP grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 31A with grade of C– or better.

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grade C- or better in

MATH 31A

Requires

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MATH 100

MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 1Precalculus

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MATH 100

MATH 101Advanced Problem Solving

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.