Question

As an adjective, this shape names a square lattice model developed by Kitaev with a spin-1/2 particle on each edge, which exhibits abelian anyons and is fault-tolerant due to its topological order. Certain perturbed quasiperiodic orbits will remain on an ■END■

ANSWER: torus [or T1, or S1 times S1; accept the toric code; accept invariant torus; accept toroidal field; prompt on donut until read]
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Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A53-5
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech D6615
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy C11010
Joshua LiJohns CreekLambert11310
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B13610

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