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 Post subject: Posting Putnam problems
PostPosted: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:58:04 UTC 
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Is it ok to post questions from old Putnam exams? (ones that can be found online/in books). I've seen a few here but a lot of people have been getting banned for posting questions from other competitions and I just want to be sure.

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Old competition questions are fine. People were banned because they posted problems from current competitions, most likely in order to cheat.


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Thanks, just wanted to make sure.

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