Question

In a step of the quadratic sieve, the block Lanczos (“LAHN-tsoash”) algorithm is often used to find an element of this set over a finite field. One of the two possibilities given by the finite-dimensional Fredholm Alternative is that an example of this set is trivial. For nilpotent objects, the dimension (-5[1])of this (10[2])set is equal to the number of Jordan blocks. (10[1])This set and its (-5[1])“co-” or “left” analog are two (10[1])of the “four fundamental” (-5[1])sets for an operator. (10[1])Functionals for which this set includes a set (10[1])A make up the annihilator of A. (10[2])This set consists of elements orthogonal (10[1])to all elements of the row (10[1])space. The (10[1])dimension (10[1])of the (-5[1])domain (10[1])equals the dimension of (10[1])the image plus the dimension of this subspace (10[3])of the (10[1])domain. (10[1])For 10 points, singular matrices have nontrivial examples of what subspace, which consists of the vectors mapped to zero? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: kernel [or null space; or ker; accept cokernel or left kernel; accept null space after “subspace” is read; prompt on null until “subspace” is read; reject “null set”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BClaremont Colleges49-5
James StevensonMichiganIowa State5110
Skand ParvatikarArizona StatePenn5110
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMaryland6010
Henry CafaroChicago BCornell A64-5
Matt JacksonChicago AColumbia A7010
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto ABrown74-5
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BMinnesota B7810
Swapnil GargBerkeley ANYU8610
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AWaterloo9310
Chinmay MurthyTexasStanford9310
Quynh PhungPurdueWUSTL A9910
Quentin MotGeorgia TechNorthwestern10510
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BChicago C10710
William GrogerColumbia BDuke10810
Joy AnHarvardTruman State110-5
Alex AkridgeIndianaMinnesota A11110
Michael HundingIllinoisYale A11510
William HoustonChicago DKentucky12310
Asha BasuMcGillCornell B12310
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesWUSTL B12310
Kenny ZhangVirginiaOttawa12510
Aum MundheRutgersYale B12610
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaVanderbilt14510
Mason YuBrownToronto A14610
Richard NiuCornell AChicago B14610
Jason ZhangToronto BFlorida14610
Fred GarveyTruman StateHarvard14610