Packet 10: Bonus 11

This theory’s “first revolution” began in 1984 after Green and Schwarz successfully produced anomaly cancellations in its “type I” form. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this theory in which everything is completely described in terms of namesake one-dimensional objects.
ANSWER: string theory [accept superstring theory or supersymmetric string theory]
[10h] Following the development of type I and II string theories, the “Princeton string quartet” developed two heterotic superstring theories labelled “HO” (“H-O”) and “HE” (“H-E”) that have these gauge groups. Name either.
ANSWER: SO(32) OR E8 cross E8 [accept special orthogonal group of degree 32 in place of “SO(32)”]
[10m] The “second revolution” began when this American physicist formulated M-theory by combining the five superstring theories into 11 dimensions. Along with Weinberg, this Fields Medal winner names a theorem that prevents gravitons from being composite particles.
ANSWER: Edward Witten
<Editors, Physics> | S. Playoffs 10 (Editors 10)

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaToronto B1001020EM
BrownSwarthmore10101030EHM
BruinRutgers100010E
CambridgeUCLA1001020EM
HarvardNYU A1001020EM
Illinois BGeorgetown1001020EM
MITVanderbilt100010E
Maryland BCornell100010E
MichiganGeorgia Tech A100010E
MinnesotaPittsburgh100010E
NYU BGeorgia Tech B100010E
North CarolinaPurdue1001020EM
Northwestern AChicago A1001020EM
Northwestern BWaterloo100010E
Ohio StateJohns Hopkins1001020EM
Penn StateVirginia100010E
Stanford AColumbia A1001020EM
Stanford BColumbia B100010E
TexasIllinois A1001020EM
Toronto AMaryland A1001020EM
UC Berkeley BIndiana1001020EM
UCFChicago B0000
Virginia TechUC Berkeley A100010E
WashUGeorgia Tech C1001020EM

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2415.4296%54%4%