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An infinite dimensional generalization of an equation named after this man gives the time evolution of a probability measure in terms of a Euclidean inner product. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this physicist. The Lie (“lee”) derivative of the symplectic structure along a vector field equals zero according to a result named after this physicist.
ANSWER: Joseph Liouville [accept Liouville’s theorem or Liouville equation or Liouville’s equation]
[10m] This operation appears in some versions of Liouville’s equation. This classical analogue of the commutator is denoted using curly brackets.
ANSWER: Poisson bracket
[10e] The Poisson bracket of canonical momentum and position is formally given by one of these functions named after Kronecker. These functions take their name from a Greek letter, and one of these functions named after Dirac nominally equals infinity at zero and equals zero everywhere else.
ANSWER: delta functions [accept Kronecker delta function or Dirac delta function or Dirac delta distribution]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Columbia BArizona State0101020ME
Cornell AWaterloo A0101020ME
Georgia TechNorth Carolina B1001020HE
IndianaYale10101030HME
MITIllinois B0101020ME
MinnesotaColumbia A001010E
NorthwesternJohns Hopkins0101020ME
OttawaNorth Carolina A0101020ME
Penn StateChicago B0101020ME
StanfordUCF0101020ME
WUSTL ACornell B0101020ME
Waterloo BUC Berkeley A0101020ME

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes1220.00100%83%17%