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A function named for a type of this phenomenon is defined as the half-Fourier transform of a friction coefficient in Götze and Wölfle’s derivation of the generalized Drude formula. A type of this phenomenon was observed in the relaxation of a polyvinyl acetate sample by A. J. Kovacs. A type of this phenomenon is induced in a single layer of connected spin glasses that “update” until a local energy minimum is reached. A type of this phenomenon is the [emphasize] first word in a device’s portmanteau name coined by Leon Chua; that device is characterized by the derivative of magnetic flux with respect to charge and is dubbed the “fourth fundamental circuit element.” For 10 points, a resistor-like circuit element has a name describing what (10[1])phenomenon in which a system is dependent on its previous states? (10[1]0[4])■END■

ANSWER: memory [accept memristors or memory function; prompt on hysteresis; prompt on learning; prompt on neuron activation]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State A12410
Dennis YangMichigan COhio State B13510
Meredith WiperCase Western BMichigan D1350
Anton AkroushMichigan StateCarnegie Mellon B1350
Sai SubramanianCase Western AKenyon1350
Alex ZhuCarnegie Mellon BMichigan State1350

Summary

California2025-02-01Y250%0%0%99.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y540%0%0%129.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y450%0%0%119.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y683%0%33%121.80
Overflow2025-02-01Y560%0%20%112.33
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y20%0%50%0.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y250%0%0%129.00
UK2025-02-01Y944%0%11%117.75