Question

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 (10[1])charge and is dubbed the “fourth (10[1])fundamental circuit element.” For 10 points, a resistor-like circuit element has a name describing what (10[1]-5[1])phenomenon in which a system is dependent on its previous states? (10[1]0[8])■END■

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

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Delia CropperOxford ACambridge A10310
Chris LevesleyWarwick ABristol10910
Rachel BenthamCambridge BCambridge C124-5
Kai MadgwickManchesterSheffield12410
Alex BakerCambridge CCambridge B1350
Sam HuttonCambridge DSouthampton B1350
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge D1350
Ruth Ní MhuircheartaighCambridge EOxford C1350
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial ALSE1350
Albert NyangLSEImperial A1350
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton ANYU C1350
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton A1350
Matt SheldonOxford BImperial B13510