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Precession, nutation, and intrinsic rotation occur when changing one of the three angles named after this man. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this scientist whose namesake “angles” are often used to describe the orientation of a rigid body. This man’s namesake number is approximately 2.718.
ANSWER: Leonhard Euler [accept Euler’s number; accept Euler angles]
[10h] This doubly eponymous set of angles differs from the Euler angles, because each angle represents a rotation in different axes. Also known as the Cardan angles, these angles are heavily used in aerodynamics.
ANSWER: Tait-Bryan angles
[10m] When calculating the third Euler angle, the argument of this function is negated, unlike other angles. In classical mechanics, this function of the coefficient of friction gives the angle of the inclined plane.
ANSWER: arctangent [accept inverse tangent]
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Berkeley CBerkeley A100010
PittsburghMichigan A100010
Michigan StateMichigan B100010
Carnegie MellonOhio State B1001020
Ohio State AOhio State C100010
SIUEChicago A100010
Northwestern AChicago B100010
Northwestern BIllinois B100010
WUSTLIllinois C1001020
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MinnesotaNotre Dame A100010
PurdueNotre Dame B100010
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UF AUF B100010
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ColumbiaMaryland1001020
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JHU APrinceton100010
Texas ATAMU1001020
HoustonTexas B100010
3HK1MMLSE100010
Say itFour Times I Have Despised My Soul100010
Limp ChriskitSee it100010
SortedGressenheller A1001020
The Crying of Team 49Oxford School for Quizness100010
Duke AVirginia Tech A100010
UNC AUNC B100010
RIT AUNC C100010
BrandeisTufts100010
Harvard AYale A1001020
Harvard BYale B100010
MITBU1001020