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2024 Alg/NT Problem 7

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April 14, 2024
algebra

Problem Statement

Let x0x_0, x1x_1, x2x_2, and x3x_3 be complex numbers forming a square centered at 00 in the complex plane with side length 22. For each 0k30\leq k\leq 3, there are four more complex numbers z4k,z4k+1z_{4k}, z_{4k+1}, z4k+2z_{4k+2}, and z4k+3z_{4k+3} forming a square centered at xkx_k with side length 2\sqrt 2. Given that i=015zi\prod_{i=0}^{15} z_i is a positive integer, how many possible values could it take?
Proposed by Hari Desikan