Packet A: Bonus 7

If n is 2, these numbers are 1 and -1. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these numbers that, when raised to the power of a positive integer n, equal one. These numbers are sometimes named after the French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (“mwahv”).
ANSWER: roots of unity [accept nth roots of unity]
[10e] The sum of the n-th roots of unity for any n always equals this number. Any number multiplied by this number yields this number.
ANSWER: zero [or 0]
[10h] Adjoining a root of unity to the rationals is the definition of a cyclotomic one of these constructs, which is a ring where every non-zero element has a multiplicative inverse.
ANSWER: fields [accept cyclotomic fields; accept cyclotomic field extension; prompt on cyclotomic extension by asking “extension of what?”]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
10915.4188%36%30%

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Northern CaliforniaMain425.00100%100%50%
Southern CaliforniaMain718.5771%71%43%
Eastern Canada (1)Main417.50100%25%50%
FloridaMain415.00100%25%25%
Great LakesMain1015.0080%20%50%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain913.33100%22%11%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain1114.5591%27%27%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain130.00100%100%100%
MidwestMain913.3367%44%22%
NorthMain410.0075%0%25%
NortheastMain210.0050%50%0%
PacificMain813.7588%13%38%
South CentralMain613.33100%17%17%
SoutheastMain1215.83100%42%17%
Upstate NYMain518.00100%40%40%
UK (North)UK518.0080%60%40%
UK (South)UK815.0088%38%25%