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Question

A principle named for this adjective is rejected by David Wiltshire’s timescape theory, which may provide a heterodox solution to the Hubble tension. For 10 points each:

[10m] What adjective names the principle that the universe is isotropic and homogeneous? Einstein called a constant named for this adjective and symbolized with a capital lambda his “greatest blunder.”

ANSWER: cosmological [accept cosmological principle; accept cosmological constant]

[10h] Assuming the cosmological principle, the Einstein Field Equations yield this metric. The spatial components of this metric are multiplied by the square of the scale factor a.

ANSWER: Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric [or FLRW or FRW metric; or Friedmann–Robertson–Walker metric; or Friedmann–Lemaître metric; or FL metric]

[10e] This field’s slight anisotropy was observed by the WMAP and Planck satellites. This “relic radiation” pervades the universe and provides evidence for the Big Bang.

ANSWER: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation [or CMBR]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	11.11	67%	44%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	11.82	64%	55%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	8.89	44%	44%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	11.67	83%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	13.33	89%	44%	0%
North	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	67%	50%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	8.75	63%	25%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	8.57	57%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	75%	50%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	13.75	88%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

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Cornell D	Binghamton A	0	10	10
Cornell B	Binghamton B	0	10	10
Cornell A	Cornell C	10	10	20
RIT B	ESF	0	10	10
RIT A	Rochester	10	10	20