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You can see notes about the general exams of many other famous people who have studied math at Princeton at the base URL:

http://www.math.princeton.edu/graduate/generals/

I discovered this link years ago and enjoyed reading accounts of math learners about what they knew at the beginning of their graduate studies.

"This page is maintained by Alison Miller," who just happens to be the first United States woman to win a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

The report of Kiran Kedlaya

http://www.math.princeton.edu/graduate/generals/kedlaya_kira...

(which will be a familiar name to some readers here) is laugh-out-loud funny.



Another funny one (also by a familiar name, though perhaps not as much in contest math circles) is Manjul Bhargava's: http://www.math.princeton.edu/graduate/generals/bhargava_man...

In this case, the funniness is for the totally opposite reason: sounds like Bhargava totally crushed his exam.

Also, is anyone surprised how well everybody seems to remember the details of their exams?! I suspect I'd barely remember anything afterwards...




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