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 (15[1])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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraToronto A3415
Ethen SunToronto BToronto Disband the Club 2k2470-5
Franklin WuToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaToronto Metropolitan A11310
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom11310
Asha BasuMcGill AWaterloo Cloze11810
Cranmer MGinnMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A12210
Athan JuritschToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto B13610

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