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The contest olympiad was held on may 21st24th, 2010 by scientific research laboratory of mathematical physics. This volume contains the annual high school mathematics examinations given 1973 through 1982, supplementing three previous compilations. The contest problem book v new mathematical library. The william putnam mathematical competition 19852000.
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