Question

A structure named for this scientist considers the universe as a four-dimensional affine space and requires a space of simultaneous events and a distance between those events. Taking the contraction of the Poincaré (“pwon-car-AY”) group as the speed of light tends to infinity yields a group (10[1])named for (10[1])this scientist. (10[2])A nonrelativistic tensor named for this scientist (10[1])is constructed in the light (10[1])cone of a (4,1) (“four-one”) Minkowski (-5[1])space. This man is not Hamilton, but a rotation, a translation, (10[1])and uniform motion are used to uniquely write a transformation named (10[1]-5[1])for this (-5[2])man. (10[1]-5[2])Newton’s laws are the same in all inertial (10[1])reference frames (10[1]-5[1])while Lorentz transforms are replaced by this man’s transforms (10[3])in a form of invariance named for this man. For 10 points, name this scientist (-5[1])who allegedly disproved Aristotelian gravity by dropping things off (10[1])the Leaning (10[2])Tower of (10[1])Pisa. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei [or Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei; accept either underlined name; accept Galilean space-time or Galilei-covariant tensor or Galileo group or Galilean transformation or Galilean invariance or Galilean relativity]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%33%102.21

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael HundingIllinois AWaterloo A4410
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL ANorth Carolina A4610
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaArizona State4810
Richard NiuCornell AToronto C4810
Cade ReinbergerRITMaryland5510
Leo LawFloridaWUSTL B6010
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateColumbia B65-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AStanford7610
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BWaterloo B8710
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEYale87-5
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BMichigan89-5
Ezra SantosChicago BVirginia Tech89-5
Alex AkridgeIndianaChicago A9010
David BassJohns HopkinsTexas90-5
Kushal AluruRutgersNorthwestern90-5
Benjamin ChapmanToronto AColumbia A9810
Teigue KellyPenn StateGeorgia State100-5
Henry BonWinona StateNorth Carolina B10010
Colin VeeversOttawaNYU10910
Rohan DalalGeorgia TechToronto B10910
Shardul RaoMinnesotaMIT10910
Shiva TegullaUCFVirginia124-5
Todd MaslykMichiganIllinois B13310
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltCornell B13510
Conor ThompsonIowa StateHarvard13510
William GrogerColumbia BOhio State13710
Noah ChinVirginia TechChicago B13910
Athena ShaddenTexasJohns Hopkins13910
Matt SchiavoneNorthwesternRutgers13910
Joseph ChambersVirginiaUCF13910
Alan XieYaleLSE13910
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StatePenn State13910