Question
The Legendre symbol is positive when the top number is one of these values modulo the bottom number. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these values that appear as solutions to their namesake equations in modular arithmetic. A number a is one of these values modulo p if a is congruent to a perfect square modulo p.
ANSWER: quadratic residues
[10e] This man was the first to prove the law of quadratic reciprocity. He also proved the constructability of the heptadecagon and apocryphally summed the integers from 1 to 100 in minutes as a child.
ANSWER: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
[10m] This mathematician is the namesake of a generalization of the Legendre symbol and also names a matrix of partial derivatives used when performing a change of variables.
ANSWER: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 50% | 13% |
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| Cornell Earth | Cornell Fire | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell Wind | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RIT | Rochester B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rochester A | Rochester C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |