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Zinbiel algebras are the Koszul dual of algebras named for this mathematician. This mathematician’s namesake algebra is a noncommutative generalization of Lie algebra for which Engel’s theorem still hold. A formula of pi named for this European mathematician is sometimes also named for Madhava, who discovered the more general “Gregory’s series” more than a century before. An entry of a construct named for this mathematician is equal to the entry diagonally above on the left minus the entry to the left; (-5[2])that construct is his namesake (*) harmonic triangle. The use of the symbol dx to represent an infinitesimal change in x is this mathematician’s namesake notation. For 10 points, (10[1])identify this German mathematician, whose claim of having invented calculus (10[1])was disputed by Isaac Newton. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Gottfried Leibniz
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Vincent DuUNC AUNC B80-5
Ivan StanisavljevicDuke AUSC A80-5
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Jim FanUNC BUNC A11810
Jack ObermanUSC ADuke A1240

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%113.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%0%29%105.29
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%100%123.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%112.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%40%113.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%25%91.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y367%0%67%113.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%114.50