Round 1: Tossup 6

This physicist hypothesized that weak dissipative solutions to the Euler equations satisfy the Kolmogorov (“kull-ma-GOR-uff”) 4/5 (“four-fifths”) and 4/3 (“four-thirds”) laws, which would be proven in the late 2010s by Philip Isett. Bruria Kaufman used Clifford algebras to simplify a derivation of a result proved by this (-5[1])physicist that establishes a critical value governed by the product of two hyperbolic sine functions. A result named for this physicist asserts that a matrix of transfer coefficients is necessarily symmetric. (10[1])A system’s (10[1])macroscopic (10[1])decay follows the same laws governing its spontaneous microscopic fluctuations (10[1])according to this physicist’s namesake regression (10[1]-5[1])hypothesis. (10[1])This physicist derived the exact solution to the two-dimensional (10[2])Ising model. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])the “fourth (10[1])law of thermodynamics” is sometimes ascribed to which Norwegian physicist’s reciprocal relations? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[2])

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