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Pekka Pyykko, who has written many reviews using this theory, has used it to predict tetraxenon (“tetra-zee-non”) compounds. Ab initio calculations with the ZORA Hamiltonian imply that distortions due to this theory account for the majority of the voltage of a lead–acid battery. (10[1])This theory correctly predicts the high electron affinity of tungsten hexafluoride and the simple cubic unit cell of alpha-polonium. Iridium tetroxide exemplifies this theory’s prediction of high oxidation numbers in 5d metals. Platinum and palladium differ in electron configuration because this theory’s effects scale with Z (10[1])over 137, all squared. This theory, which explains why mercury is (-5[1])liquid at STP, predicts (10[1])that 6s electrons (10[2])remain (10[2])“inert.” For 10 points, name this theory that explains the color of gold as a consequence (10[1]-5[1])of the (10[1])high velocity (10[2])of its valence (10[2]-5[1])electrons. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[10])

ANSWER: special relativity [or SR; accept relativistic effects; accept scalar relativistic; reject “general relativity” or “GR”]
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Forrest WeintraubColumbia ANorth Carolina A4110
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BBerkeley B8710
Ben WeinerMinnesota AChicago A98-5
John MarvinChicago BStanford10210
Alex AkridgeIndianaCornell A10510
Andrew WangIllinoisIowa State10510
Jason HongBrownYale A10610
Liam KusalikWaterlooWUSTL A10610
Eylon CaplanPurdueTexas122-5
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BOttawa12210
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMichigan12410
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AToronto A12610
Simon GorbatyDukePenn12610
Graham CopeFloridaClaremont Colleges12910
Adam FineChicago AMinnesota A12910
Fred GarveyTruman StateSouth Carolina129-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia TechMaryland13010
Karthik PrasadCornell BChicago C1310
Max HodesChicago CCornell B1310
Shiv SeshanChicago DHarvard13110
Sam BakerMcGillKentucky1310
Cory SmithKentuckyMcGill13110
Andrew SalijNorthwesternNYU13110
Halle FriedmanNYUNorthwestern1310
Chinmay MurthyTexasPurdue1310
Kushal AluruRutgersToronto B13110
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BVanderbilt1310
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMinnesota B1310
William GrogerColumbia BVirginia1310
Kenny ZhangVirginiaColumbia B1310
Denis LiuArizona StateYale B1310