Ludwig Boltzmann - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

Laure Saint-Raymond won a 2015 Fermat (“fer-MAH”) Prize for showing the “Navier–Stokes limit” of an equation named for this scientist. This scientist’s Stosszahlansatz (“STAH-zahl-on-zots”) of molecular chaos simplifies the collision integral term of an equation (20[1])that decomposes the time derivative of the distribution function. (20[1])A value derived by this scientist relates the kinetic energy contributed by each degree (20[1])of freedom to temperature via the (*) equipartition theorem. (10[2])This scientist names a (10[1])“transport equation” (10[4])and (10[2])an (10[1])equation (10[1])relating the log of the number of microstates (10[5])to (10[2])entropy (10[4])that is engraved (10[1])on his (10[1])tombstone. (10[2])For 10 points, the gas constant over Avogadro’s number gives what scientist’s namesake constant, denoted (10[1])k-sub-b? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Ludwig Boltzmann [or Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann; accept Boltzmann’s constant or the Boltzmann transport equation]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ali Hamzeh	Kinkaid	Lambert	32	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Hastings	41	20
Jakub Hel	Hoover A	Thomas Jefferson A	55	20
Rohan Dalal	Johns Creek A	Hunter A	63	10
Anvith Vanukuri	William Fremd	Richard Montgomery B	63	10
Alec Riso	Thomas Jefferson B	Mexico	67	10
Adhav Ravikumar	Innovation Academy A	Belmont	69	10
Vidur Kothur	Lindbergh	Bloomington	69	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Detroit Catholic Central A	69	10
Aditya Patnaik	Beavercreek	Thomas Jefferson C	69	10
Brayden Ferrell	Heights	Winston Churchill A	70	10
Benjamin Laskov	Livingston B	Northmont A	70	10
Aakash Sanjay	Johns Creek B	Georgetown Day	71	10
Max Chen	Strake Jesuit	Thomas Jefferson D	72	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Northmont B	80	10
Matthew Wozniak	Freeman	Saint Joseph	80	10
Risshi Naavaal	Maggie Walker A	Canyon Crest	80	10
Rishabh Mahale	Okemos	Hunter B	80	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Walter Payton B	80	10
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	James W. Robinson	81	10
Andrew Zhao	Richard Montgomery A	University Lab	81	10
Ibrahim Mohammad	Chattahoochee	Winston Churchill B	82	10
Brandon Torres	Carl Sandburg	Elkhorn North	82	10
Sam Cohen	McLean A	Walter Payton A	82	10
Brighton Risch	Great Valley	Seven Lakes	82	10
Lylian Zhu	Stevenson A	St. Thomas	85	10
Saathvik Koneru	Detroit Catholic Central C	West Point	87	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Maggie Walker C	88	10
Janani Gollapalli	Lightridge	McLean B	88	10
Varun Sathyajeeth	Solon	DuPage County AT	103	10
Lelun Li	Livingston A	St. Mark's	104	10
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	Innovation Academy B	105	10
Philip Calabrese	Detroit Catholic Central B	Durham AT	105	10
Clete Reinberger	Cincinnati Hills	Hoover B	105	10
Vikas Kothari	St. Xavier	Owensboro	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	35	100%	9%	0%	78.43