Packet 9: Tossup 7

A variant of this property, which adds a prefix to its name, is possessed by the input of the Thomas algorithm and the output of the Lanczos algorithm. If a matrix has this property, its Gerschgorin circles are simply points. A form of (15[1])“dominance” (-5[1])named (-5[1])for this property (-5[2])implies (-5[1])convergence (-5[1])of the Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel algorithms. A matrix with this property (15[1])is added to a nilpotent matrix in a (15[1])Jordan normal form. (15[1]-5[1])Orthogonal (15[1]-5[1])matrices (-5[1])(*) sandwich a matrix with this (10[1])property (10[1]-5[1])in the (10[1])statement (10[1])of the spectral (10[2])theorem. (10[2])A matrix (10[2])has this property (10[1])if it simultaneously (-5[1])has the properties that define (10[1])both L and U (10[1])in an (10[1])LU decomposition. (10[1]-5[1])A matrix is similar to one (10[1])with this property (-5[2])if it has a basis of eigenvectors. For 10 points, name this property of a matrix whose nonzero entries have the same row (10[1])and column. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[11])

ANSWER: diagonal [or diag; accept tridiagonal or diagonally dominant; reject “diagonalizable”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Cade ReinbergerThe "C" TeamNYU A4215
Arjun NageswaranCapital One in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Fire Neg Time43-5
Dan NiMuscle Mass Extinction Event(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseball44-5
Eric BobrowUntitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival EverettShipping Down from Ballston47-5
Swapnil GargBerkeley AConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.47-5
Michael HundingExecute Order 6 71000000 Delinquents48-5
Jeremy CummingsContessa DoraPenn State49-5
Aditya GangradeSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipaThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Back6015
Isaac MammelMunir Siddiqui Fan ClubMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞6815
William HoustonChicago !ANorthwestern7115
David BassJHURosslyn Academic Team71-5
Amir DolanskyLicence to BillGuelph Cloze72-5
Asha BasuI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get finedLicence to C. Wright Mill7215
Colin VeeversStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseWilliam of Baskerville attempts to investigate John P. Robarts, gets turned away for not having a student card73-5
Alex AkridgeIndianaBHSU7810
Caleb OttYou Don't Have the CardsThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categories79-5
Vicent DuThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHAGirls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam7910
Vinu HariharBerkeley BTeam 88110
Danny HanStanford AStanford B8210
Richard NiuHabitat 67Untitled Keyal Team8510
Justin QianAbbas I founded the AbbasidsThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players8510
Gus ReddingDour StraitsDielectrical Materialism8610
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James StevensonThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.Quebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'8810
Ricky Liconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law incomeMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan Club8810
Geoffrey Chenhttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.pngMike and Psmith9110
Matthew HeLexThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals94-5
Abigail TanThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyH Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs9910
Daniel MaNoah Sheidlower Negged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos10310
Alex ThomasSay It Ain't ZhouTennessee A10510
James WangWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.I fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 times107-5
Matthew WangUBC AUBC B10710
Eric ChenNot Old! (Old)Team 711310
Monit Karmakar[Redacted]St. Marx116-5
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡Ana Pauker? I hardly know her!116-5
John John GrogerWashUMaybe Ever13910
Adam SilvermanThe Fire Neg TimeCapital One in the Twenty-First Century14110
Mike Bentley1000000 DelinquentsExecute Order 6 71420
Dennis YangInvective Against SwansIn the Mood for Transportation Equipment14210
Jordan Brownstein(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballMuscle Mass Extinction Event1420
Kai SmithShipping Down from BallstonUntitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett1420
Zaid AsifNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)Six Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo14210
Iain CarpenterPenn StateContessa Dora14210
Jim FanUNC CharityCatholic University A1420
Evan Tingfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian BW&L+Friend1420
Viseth MengW&L+Friendfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B1420
Billy BusseThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade DealsLex1420
Bhaskar MoorthySt. Marx[Redacted]1420
Emma LaslettC R A B SVacuous Tortoise1420
Andrei HuiVacuous TortoiseC R A B S1420
Noah ChinDavid Foster GromitIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wife14210
Anderson WangConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Berkeley A14210
Aaron Dos RemediosGuelph ClozeLicence to Bill14210
Victor XuThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categoriesYou Don't Have the Cards14210
Franklin WuI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 timesWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.1420
Eric MukherjeeAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Georgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡14210

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%0%25%104.50
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%0%96.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026425%0%50%139.00
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%33%108.67
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/2025560%20%80%118.67
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/2025560%20%40%100.33
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%33%33%96.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/2025367%0%0%92.50
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/2025667%17%33%94.75
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025580%20%20%93.00
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%0%0%114.00