Question

The exponential of the negative of a constant denoted with this letter appears in Merten’s third theorem and is related to the product over primes of “one minus one over p.” A distribution named for this letter can be written as a product of (-5[1])a Weibull distribution and a variant form of the stable count distribution. It’s not sigma, but a set of matrices named for this letter can be used to generate a representation of the Clifford Algebra. It’s not zeta, (15[1])but a function of (*) “one minus s” denoted with this letter appears in Riemann’s functional equation. That function denoted by this letter is equal to the integral from zero to infinity (10[1])of [read slowly] “t to the z minus 1 times e to the minus t dt,” and is a generalisation of the factorial function. The range of the electromagnetic spectrum with the highest energy is denoted by, (10[1])for 10 points, which third letter of the Greek alphabet? ■END■

ANSWER: gamma [accept gamma matrices; accept gamma distribution; accept gamma function; accept gamma waves; prompt on Euler-Mascheroni constant; generously prompt on factorial before mention]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maxwell YeJeff Weiner Fan ClubPalestrina Sawayama43-5
JD KrothdoubleplusnegfiveBHSU8115
Shardul RaoOur Job is BuzzWeird Klaus Barbie11210
Sharath NarayanPalestrina SawayamaJeff Weiner Fan Club14910

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%33%33%114.00