Ludwig Boltzmann - 2025 ACF Fall

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An equation named for this scientist governs the time-evolution of the phase-space distribution function for a system of particles (10[1]-5[1])and contains force, diffusion, and collision terms. At zero chemical (-5[1])potential, Gibbs factors equal this scientist’s factors, which equal the exponential (10[1])of minus (-5[1])E over (-5[1])kT. (10[7]-5[4])A constant (10[1]-5[1])named for (-5[1])this (-5[1])scientist (10[2]-5[1])relates temperature (10[2]-5[1])to kinetic (10[2])energy (10[3]-5[2])by the (10[1])equipartition (10[1]-5[3])theorem. (10[6]-5[3])This scientist’s tombstone (-5[1])is engraved (10[1])with (10[1])the equation (10[3]-5[2])“S (10[1]-5[2])equals (10[2])k (10[2])log (10[1])W,” (10[5])which sets (10[1])entropy proportional to the log (10[2])of the number (10[1])of microstates. For 10 points, (10[1])what Austrian “father of (10[1])statistical (10[1])mechanics” (10[3])co-names a distribution (10[1])of particle speeds (10[1]-5[2])with James Clerk (-5[2])(“clark”) Maxwell? (10[1])■END■ (10[24]0[27])

ANSWER: Ludwig Boltzmann [accept Boltzmann transport equation; accept Boltzmann constant; accept Boltzmann factor; accept Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	Lehigh A	18	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Rowan	18	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Penn	28	-5
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto D	39	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	USC A	41	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	43	-5
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	Claremont B	44	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto B	44	-5
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU B	44	-5
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	44	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Canada	44	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa A	44	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Purdue A	44	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Pink	44	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Georgia Tech B	44	-5
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	44	-5
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Birmingham	44	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason A	46	-5
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Tennessee A	46	10
Bonham Buchannon	Louisville D	CWRU C	48	-5
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Louisville B	49	-5
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	McMaster A	50	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	50	-5
Ahmed Azhari	Cambridge E	LSE	50	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Amherst A	52	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Dartmouth B	52	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	52	-5
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	UCLA A	54	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Imperial A	54	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State A	55	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan State B	55	-5
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	South Carolina A	55	10
Jaie Somaia	Sheffield A	Sheffield B	55	-5
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cambridge B	55	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCSD B	57	10
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	Brock A	58	-5
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	William Woods University A	58	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	58	-5
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh B	58	-5
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCLA D	59	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	59	-5
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	59	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	Duke A	59	-5
Henry Ding	Princeton	Lehigh B	59	-5
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Vermont B	59	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Auburn A	59	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	59	10
James Headon	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh D	59	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	Boston College A	62	-5
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	64	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Vassar A	65	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	67	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan A	67	-5
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Rutgers A	67	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Vassar B	67	-5
Amelia Rees	Durham A	Durham C	67	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto H	68	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan C	68	-5
Renita Tang	NYU C	George Mason C	68	-5
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland C	69	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue C	69	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	WVU A	70	10
Aarnav Vyas	Illinois Orange	Rose-Hulman A	70	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Texas	71	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan B	72	10
Akhil Upadrasta	Ohio State D	Michigan State D	72	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State C	72	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	72	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	York	72	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Columbia A	74	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana A	79	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	79	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Imperial C	82	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State B	87	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge C	91	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell D	92	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan D	93	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	93	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	ESF	93	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UC Irvine	96	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Liberty B	99	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	99	-5
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell C	99	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	102	-5
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	102	-5
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	103	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	104	0
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA E	104	0
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	104	0
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	104	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	McMaster B	104	10
Taran Knutson	Michigan A	Louisville A	104	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Louisville D	104	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	JMU A	104	0
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Liberty C	104	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Tusculum A	104	0
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC D	104	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	104	10
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Liberty A	104	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland A	104	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	NYU C	104	0
James Wan	Penn	Johns Hopkins	104	0
John Shelly	Rowan	Rutgers C	104	0
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	104	0
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Stony Brook	104	0
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	Columbia B	104	10
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Iowa B	104	0
Shining Sun	Boston College A	Williams B	104	0
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston University A	104	0
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Tufts B	104	0
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	104	10
Marin Katz	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	104	10
Niki Ilia	Boston College B	Tufts C	104	0
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston College B	104	0
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Vermont A	104	0
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	104	0
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia C	104	10
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	Washington Sockeye	104	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia B	104	0
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington State	104	0
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	104	0
Stella Brown	Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	104	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Steelhead	104	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Boise State	104	0
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Emory A	104	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Georgia A	104	0
Brigitte McNulty	Georgia A	Auburn B	104	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	104	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	104	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	104	0
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	104	0
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	104	0
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	104	0
Eve Gatley	Bristol	Oxford	104	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Southampton	104	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton A	104	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell A	104	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	60%	40%	66.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	73.00
Southern California	US	7	86%	14%	62.83
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	33%	69.71
Great Lakes	US	12	75%	58%	81.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	67%	33%	104.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	58%	50%	71.57
Midwest	US	9	89%	0%	56.50
Northeast	US	12	67%	17%	79.88
Pacific	US	8	75%	25%	88.50
Southeast	US	12	75%	33%	79.33
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	98.40