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Wick rotating this physicist’s namesake equation gives rise to the heat equation. By assuming that Slater determinants are good approximations, the Hartree-Fock method is used (10[1])to find approximate solutions to an (10[1])equation (10[1])named after this physicist. (10[1])Eigenfunctions of the (10[1])Hamiltonian (10[1])are solutions to the time-independent form of an equation named after (10[1])this physicist. This physicist (10[1])explored the principle of superposition (10[1])in a thought experiment that uses a Geiger counter to break a vial of poison. For 10 points, name this physicist, whose namesake thought experiment involves a simultaneously dead and alive cat. ■END■

ANSWER: Erwin Schrödinger [accept Schrödinger equation; accept Schrödinger’s Cat]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ishaan SinghPurdue BWashU B2410
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIowa B3010
Sophia BenedickChicago BIndiana3110
Daniel KozintsevIllinois AIllinois B3510
Veronica FreundNotre Dame BIowa A3810
Sam KonkelChicago APurdue C3910
Matthew WestleyPurdue ANorthwestern B5010
Galen SongIllinois CSIUE5410
Arthur ZhangNorthwestern ANotre Dame C5910

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%0%23.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%56.56
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%62.43
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%17%61.83
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%0%64.40
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2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%40.00