Archive of Preliminary Exams
Here we have PDF files of old preliminary exams for Algebra, Analysis, Discrete, Numerical Analysis, PDE, and Topology. Note that many more preliminary exams
are available in Rejeana Cassady's office in POT 719.
A list of previous prelim committees can be found here.
Past Algebra Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Gluesing-Luerssen (chair); heide.gl@uky.edu, Leep; leep@uky.edu, Jensen; dave.jensen@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Gluesing-Luerssen (chair); heide.gl@uky.edu, Leep; leep@uky.edu, Manon; Christopher.Manon@uky.edu
Past Analysis Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Shen (chair); zshen2@uky.edu, Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu, Chung; fj.chung@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Shen (chair); zshen2@uky.edu, Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu, Chung; fj.chung@uky.edu
Past Discrete Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Yip (chair); mpyi222@uky.edu, Readdy; margaret.readdy@uky.edu, Serhiyenko; khrystyna.serhiyenko@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Braun (chair); benjamin.braun@uky.edu, Readdy; margaret.readdy@uky.edu, Serhiyenko; khrystyna.serhiyenko@uky.edu
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Past Numerical Analysis Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Ye (chair); qiang.ye@uky.edu, Nguyen; ducnguyen@uky.edu, Qin; jing.qin@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Ye (chair); qiang.ye@uky.edu, Nguyen; ducnguyen@uky.edu, Qin; jing.qin@uky.edu
Past Partial Differential Equations Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Tohaneanu (chair); mihai.tohaneanu@uky.edu, Chung; fj.chung@uky.edu, Perry; pperr0@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Tohaneanu (chair); mihai.tohaneanu@uky.edu, Chung; fj.chung@uky.edu, Perry; pperr0@uky.edu
Past Topology Preliminary Exams
June 2023 Committee: Guillou (chair); bertguillou@uky.edu, Stapleton; nat.j.stapleton@uky.edu, Ponto; kate.ponto@uky.edu
January 2024 Committee: Guillou (chair); bertguillou@uky.edu, Stapleton; nat.j.stapleton@uky.edu, Ponto; kate.ponto@uky.edu