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These quantities are distributed evenly within a semicircle for random symmetric systems according to the Wigner surmise. For non-negative systems, the existence of a unique one of these quantities with the largest magnitude is guaranteed by the Perron-Frobenius theorem. The asymptotic behavior of these quantities for the Laplace-Beltrami operator is described by Weyl’s law. If a (*) matrix is diagonalizable, there is a basis where its entries are all zeros except on the diagonal, which takes these quantities. (-5[1])The set of all of these quantities is the spectrum. These quantities are all real for a self-adjoin matrix, and it is usually denoted by a lowercase lambda. (10[2])The solutions of the characteristic polynomial, (10[1])for 10 points, identify these values that are the scale of its corresponding eigenvectors. ■END■

ANSWER: eigenvalues
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan SiskelTuftsMIT76-5
Nathaniel MartinBrandeisBoston College10410
Joy AnHarvardBrown10410
Katherine LeiMITTufts11010

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%106.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%43%0%58.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%80.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%86.33
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%80%20%40.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%50%0%53.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%33%80.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%84.50