Project Euler Problem 836

Let A be an affine plane over a radically integral local field F with residual characteristic p.

Project Euler Problem 836

Solution

Answer: APRILFOOLSJOKE

This is an intentional joke problem (Project Euler Problem 836, released on April Fools’ Day). The mathematical content is irrelevant.

The instruction says:

“Give as your answer the concatenation of the first letters of each bolded word.”

Extract the first letters of the bolded words:

  • affine planeA P
  • radically integral local fieldR I L F
  • open oriented line sectionO O L S
  • jacobianJ
  • orthogonal kernel embeddingO K E

Concatenating:

APRILFOOLSJOKE

Answer: APRILFOOLSJOKE