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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 (15[1])is conjectured to equal their rank. (15[1])A line drawn between two points on one of these objects must have a third intersection point, assuming a point at (*) infinity is added. The SIKE system is based on isogenies of supersingular types of these objects, which are also used by Lenstra’s factorization algorithm. A correspondence between modular forms and these objects is given by the Taniyama-Shimura (10[1])conjecture. These objects can be represented by real solutions to y squared 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■

ANSWER: elliptic curves [reject “elliptical curves”; reject “ellipse”] (The third line refers to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eric MukherjeeCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!Thompson et al.4515
Henry BonI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retirethrow away your cards, rally in the streets5115
Matthew WangUBCAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms10910

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