Bonus
The Feit–Thompson theorem states that noncyclic groups with this property must have even order or be infinite. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this property possessed by the 26 sporadic groups. The only normal subgroups of groups with this property are trivial or the entire group.
ANSWER: simple groups [accept finite simple groups]
[10e] Abelian groups that are simple must be cyclic because their binary operation has this property. Matrix multiplication does not have this property.
ANSWER: commutativity [accept commutative]
[10h] A theorem named for this mathematician implies that the order of any finite non-abelian simple group must be divisible by three primes. A free Z-module called this mathematician’s “ring” encodes how a finite group can act on finite sets.
ANSWER: William Burnside [accept Burnside’s theorem or Burnside’s transfer theorem or Burnside’s ring]
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona State | LSE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
British Columbia | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Chicago A | Waterloo A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Columbia A | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Columbia B | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Cornell A | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Cornell B | RIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Florida | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Georgia Tech | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Iowa State | Toronto C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
MIT | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Maryland | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
NYU | Yale | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ohio State | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ottawa | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Stanford | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Texas | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Toronto A | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Toronto B | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
UC Berkeley A | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Vanderbilt | North Carolina B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Virginia | Winona State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
WUSTL A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Waterloo B | Georgia State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 14.58 | 100% | 46% | 0% |