Question

The conductor of these objects is an integer defined using primes when they do not have a good reduction. These objects are isomorphic over C if and only if they have the same j-invariant. The order of the zero of these objects’ Hasse-Weil L-functions at 1 is equal to their rank, according to the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. The SIKE system is based on isogenies of supersingular types of these objects. (-5[1])A (*) line drawn between two points on these objects must have a third intersection point, assuming a point at infinity is added. These objects are used by Lenstra’s factorization algorithm. A correspondence between modular forms (10[1])and these objects is given by the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture. (-5[1])These objects can be represented by real solutions to y squared (10[1])equals x cubed plus a x plus b. For 10 points, name these objects used by Andrew Wiles in his proof of Fermat’s last theorem. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: elliptic curves [reject “elliptical curves”; reject “ellipse”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sky HongNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)just one more half-dot bro68-5
Albert ZhangWalston et. al.Cope is the thing with feathers10310
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green Teajeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club112-5
David Bassjust one more half-dot broNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)12310
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club12 Litres of Green Tea1490

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