Question

Feigenbaum (“FYE-gun-bawm”) discovered universal constants describing systems that transition to this phenomenon via period doubling. A prototypical (15[1])system that displays this behavior evolves towards two overlapping loops in phase space, a strange attractor called its namesake's (-5[1])"butterfly.” (15[1])This phenomenon arises (15[1])due to deterministic (*) systems (10[1])being (10[1])strongly sensitive (10[1])to initial conditions. (10[1])This phenomenon is displayed (10[1])by the three-body problem and the double pendulum. For 10 points, name this highly unpredictable (10[1])physical phenomenon exemplified by the butterfly effect. ■END■

ANSWER: chaos [or chaotic or other word forms]
<Science - Physics>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMStuyvesant A1515
John MielkeHastings Amoving finger C34-5
Nickola HorozovHastings BStuyvesant B3515
Andrew Zhoumoving finger CHastings A3815
Maximilian LinEastchesterHunter B4210
Alan Limoving finger AHunter A4310
Snahasish DattaMather CNorth Babylon A4510
Eric ZhuEast Brunswick AMather A4810
Flynn SullivanMather Bmoving finger B5210
Gianna SimoNorth Babylon BDaniel Boone Academy6710

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y9100%33%11%42.78