Math departments seem more interested in competitions than CS departments, at least at places I've been. American math departments are quite interested in the P

Math departments seem more interested in competitions than CS departments, at least at places I've been. American math departments are quite interested in the Putnam competition in particular [1], which has a kind of legendary status in the field that CS competitions don't, maybe because a number of the past winners have become famous mathematicians [2]. Where I went for undergrad (but not as a math major) they even offered courses to prepare for it, and scholarships for students who did well [3]. [1] http://math.scu.edu/putnam/index.html http://math.scu.edu/putnam/index.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition#Putnam_Fellows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathemat... [3] http://www.math.hmc.edu/putnam/ http://www.math.hmc.edu/putnam/