The jerry heuer maa-ncs team competition

  • The twenty-fifth edition of the Jerry Heuer MAA-NCS Team Competition was held on Saturday, November 11, 2023. There were 51 teams from 18 schools in this year’s contest; both of those figures are up from the previous year. Scores ranged from 97 to 10, with a median of 46. More information about the results of the contest can be found in the links below.

  • Join us for the 25th Annual Heuer NCS Teams Contest!

    November 11, 2023 | 9:00AM – 12:00PM | On your campus!

    Teams of up to three undergraduate students will work together on the ten problems on the day of the contest. Problems will be uploaded to Gradescope for scoring. (Details about that process will be sent to supervising faculty at each school the week of the contest.)

    Sign up below and give an estimate for the number of teams that will participate on your campus. Rosters will be entered closer to the date of the contest.

    What you need to sign up:

    Supervising faculty member name and email address.

    Estimated number of teams from your campus.

    Name and email address for faculty member interested in joining the scoring team (encouraged).

    Link to Sign Up: https://forms.gle/o7cSZmsHFNgW6PiCA

    Questions? Email heuercontest@umn.edu

  • In honor of the 28 years of service of Professor Emeritus, Dr. Jerry Heuer (1930-2021), the North Central Section voted on October 19, 2019 to rename the MAA-NCS Team Competition the Jerry Heuer MAA-NCS Team Competition.

    Teams of up to three undergraduate students work collaboratively at their home campuses on the ten problems, under the supervision of local faculty members. You are allowed to enter as many teams as you wish. Keep in mind that many students who might score zero on the Putnam can profitably participate in the Heuer NCS Team Contest, having fun and using their knowledge at the same time.

    The Contest will consist of ten problems, which will be graded on the basis of ten points per problem. The problems typically range in difficulty from moderatetly easy to Putnam level. For copies of the problems and solutions from prior years, and related information, see below.

    An announcement and call for registrations will be sent to one or more mathematics department members of all colleges and universities in the NCS in late September. Meanwhile, for more information, please contact current NCS-MAA President.

  • It is with great sadness that I share that Dr. Jerry Heuer, our colleague and friend, died on September 14, 2021.

    Dr. Heuer shared his love of mathematics and his joy in teaching with our entire community. He was a professor of mathematics at Concordia College in Moorhead from 1956 to 1995, and remained active within the college as Professor Emeritus and Mathematician in residence from 1995 until his death. He was an enthusiast of mathematics problem solving competitions and he shared his gifts with the MAA-NCS by leading the Team Competition for decades. He was honored for his 28 years of service to the MAA-NCS on October 19, 2019 when the competition was renamed to The Jerry Heuer MAA-NCS Team Competition.

    It is hard to find the words the capture the profound presence and impact of Dr. Heuer in our MAA community. His love of mathematics, teaching, and problem solving has inspired many of us, and this love has been and will continued to be passed down through generations of mathematicians within the North Central Section. He is deeply missed and we are grateful to celebrate him, and honor his legacy through The Jerry Heuer MAA-NCS Teams Competition.

    Megan Breit-Goodwin