Are there any universities that have solutions to their Ph.D. math qualifying exams on their website?

Question

I'm a Ph.D. math student getting ready to take some qual exams, and would like to see some really good solutions. Most universities' websites I've looked at have their exams, but not the exam solutions.

Any subject would be great.

Answer 1

I dont think so.

the topics are fairily standard and the questions are usually found in the books of the particular subjects.

Answer 2

The topics covered and the difficulty level vary greatly between the universities. They avoid putting up solutions because they recycle questions and also they don't want it to be about memorizing solutions. I vaguely remember that back in my days there was a book on questions which were asked at Berkeley but I might be mistaken on that. Yet if you ask people around in your department, you must be able to find the answers to your old exams and probably those are the ones you really want to study. Good luck, I know it must be one of the hardest times in your life, but it will pass.

Answer 3

See http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html for MIT's Open Courseware info. Many, many classes represented, including notes, exams, problem sets and answers.

Answer 4

qualifying exams for PhD should ask you to present a proposal for your research, not exam questions