Question
Inputting this function of x into the nth Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind yields this function of nx. This function equals the average of e to the ix and e to the minus ix, and the hyperbolic form of this function is the average of e to the x and e to the minus x. The first two terms of this function’s Taylor series are one and minus one-half x-squared. For a complex number of modulus one, this function of the argument is the number’s real part. Pythagoras’ theorem is a special case of a law named after this function. The reciprocal of this function is secant. For 10 points, name this trigonometric function that equals adjacent over hypotenuse in a right triangle. ■END■
ANSWER: cosine [or cosine of x or coshin or coshine of x or hyperbolic cosine or hyperbolic cosine of x; accept any variable in place of x]
<Other Science>
= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 95.11 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 78.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 67.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 89.42 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 44% | 94.78 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 58.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 68.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 69.56 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Skand Parvatikar | Arizona State B | UW Envy | 13 | 10 |
Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Lust | 18 | 10 |
Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 18 | 10 |
Neilesh Shroti (UG) | Columbia B | NYU A (UG) | 20 | 10 |
Allen Xu | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech D | 23 | 10 |
Andrew Nucci (DII) | UCLA E | UCLA B | 34 | 10 |
Alan Kappler (DII) | Claremont C | UCLA D | 34 | 10 |
Vincent Zhang (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Penn B (DII) | 34 | 10 |
David Zhang | Illinois B | Indiana | 34 | 10 |
Nathan Whittington | Tennessee B | Clemson A | 35 | -5 |
Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | Duke B | 35 | 10 |
Aksel Malatak | Syracuse | Binghamton A | 37 | -5 |
Ishaan Singh | Purdue B | Chicago B | 37 | 10 |
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | 38 | -5 |
Aidan Deshong (DII) | Claremont B | UCLA C | 41 | 10 |
Alex Lin (DII) | Rutgers B | Lehigh A (UG) | 41 | -5 |
Maya Kvaratskhelia | Notre Dame A | Notre Dame C | 41 | 10 |
Andrew Harms (DII) | Michigan State A | Michigan State B | 44 | 10 |
Sawyer Smith | Mississippi State A | South Carolina B | 44 | 10 |
Jiping Fang | Illinois A | Northwestern A | 44 | 10 |
Anne Fjeld | Alberta | UW Gluttony | 46 | -5 |
Bharath Ram | Georgia Tech A | South Carolina A | 48 | 10 |
Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Purdue C | 49 | -5 |
Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Rowan A (DII) | 54 | -5 |
Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Clemson B | 55 | -5 |
Mary Scheidel | Fordham A | Maryland A (DII) | 55 | 10 |
Florian Chiu | UW Sloth | UBC B | 57 | -5 |
Ethan Maddox | U of Rochester A | Cornell B | 58 | -5 |
Xander DiGiovanni (DII) | USC | UCLA A | 58 | 10 |
Alec Riso | Cornell D | Cornell E | 59 | 10 |
Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | UW Pride | 63 | -5 |
Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Auburn A | 64 | 10 |
Nick Smemoe | UNC B | VCU | 64 | -5 |
Timothy Porter | VCU | UNC B | 65 | 10 |
Shalin Zerbe | Binghamton B | RIT A | 66 | -5 |
Tom Scheri | RIT A | Binghamton B | 66 | 10 |
Scarlet Rutter (DII) | Claremont A | UCSD | 66 | -5 |
Arjun Saulnier (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Miami A (UG) | 68 | 10 |
Andrew Stappenbeck (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | 68 | 10 |
Tai Belke | UBC A | Boise State | 68 | 10 |
Dennis Yang (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 69 | 10 |
Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | RIT B | 70 | 10 |
Matthew Wang | UBC B | UW Sloth | 70 | 10 |
Matthew Westley | Purdue A | Notre Dame B | 70 | 10 |
Steven Song | Illinois C | Illinois D | 70 | 10 |
Michael Eng | UNC D | NC State | 75 | 10 |
James Zhao | Vanderbilt B | Auburn C | 76 | -5 |
Sarah Patel | Vanderbilt A | Emory Oxford | 77 | -5 |
Caedmon Holland (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 77 | 10 |
Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Michigan C | 87 | 10 |
Elijah Quan (DII) | Michigan C | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 87 | -5 |
Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 87 | 10 |
Nathan McWilliams | Alabama A | Furman | 87 | 10 |
Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 87 | 10 |
Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Virginia Tech A | 88 | -5 |
Steven McPhillimey (UG) | Lehigh A (UG) | Rutgers B | 98 | 10 |
Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Duke A | 99 | 10 |
Matthew Kelley (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 100 | 10 |
Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | James Madison A | 100 | 10 |
Meredie Cohen | William & Mary | Liberty C | 100 | -5 |
Max Khurzman | UNC A | UNC C | 100 | -5 |
Sam Hewitt | WashU B | Iowa B | 100 | 10 |
Kenny Shaffer (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 102 | 10 |
Nayel Tekle | Cornell B | U of Rochester A | 105 | 10 |
Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Auburn B | 105 | 10 |
Derek Chen (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | Columbia J (DII) | 105 | 10 |
Elijah O'Sick Johnson | Binghamton C | RIT C | 106 | 10 |
Ezra Santos | Chicago A | Iowa A | 106 | 10 |
Jonathan Zhang | Cornell F | Penn State | 107 | 10 |
Brian Chen | Cornell G | U of Rochester B | 107 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Emory A | 107 | 10 |
Simarya Ahuja | UW Pride | UW Chastity | 110 | 10 |
Annabelle Ford | Cornell A | ESF | 113 | 10 |
Tommy Nguyen | Belmont | Southern | 114 | 10 |
Brandon Hunt | Auburn C | Vanderbilt B | 114 | 10 |
Nathan Sprouse | Virginia Tech A | Tusculum | 115 | 10 |
Alexandra Knight | Liberty C | William & Mary | 117 | 10 |
Ryon Peddapalli | Clemson B | Georgia A | 119 | 10 |
Sam Savetsky | Binghamton A | Syracuse | 123 | 10 |
Ali Frame | James Madison B | Appalachian State A | 123 | 10 |
Chris Steinbronn | UW Gluttony | Alberta | 124 | 10 |
Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Vanderbilt A | 124 | 10 |
Asheton Wilbanks | Clemson A | Tennessee B | 124 | 10 |
Brian Zhang | UNC C | UNC A | 124 | 10 |
Grace Wang (UG) | UCSD | Claremont A | 124 | 10 |
Juliana Nanni (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | NYU B | 124 | 10 |
David Nickel | Purdue C | WashU A | 124 | 10 |