Question
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 to find approximate solutions to an equation named after this physicist. Eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian are solutions to the time-independent form of an equation named after this physicist. This physicist explored the principle of superposition 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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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ishaan Singh | Purdue B | WashU B | 24 | 10 |
Stephen Heritage | Notre Dame A | Iowa B | 30 | 10 |
Sophia Benedick | Chicago B | Indiana | 31 | 10 |
Daniel Kozintsev | Illinois A | Illinois B | 35 | 10 |
Veronica Freund | Notre Dame B | Iowa A | 38 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Chicago A | Purdue C | 39 | 10 |
Matthew Westley | Purdue A | Northwestern B | 50 | 10 |
Galen Song | Illinois C | SIUE | 54 | 10 |
Arthur Zhang | Northwestern A | Notre Dame C | 59 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 23.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 56.56 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 62.43 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 61.83 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 64.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 41.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40.00 |