Packet 7: Tossup 14

This function of a complex number, z, is defined as this function of its modulus plus i (15[1])times theta. (15[1]-5[1])The number of primes less than (15[1])or equal to a real number (15[1])n (-5[1])is (-5[1])approximately n over (15[1]-5[1])this function of n. (15[9]-5[1])The alternating (-5[1])harmonic (-5[1])series (15[1])converges to this function (-5[1])of 2. (-5[2])This function of n (*) factorial can be approximated using (10[1])Stirling’s (10[1])approximation. (10[2]-5[1])The first three (10[1])terms of the Taylor series of this (-5[1])function (-5[1])of 1 plus x is x minus x (10[1])squared over 2 plus x cubed over 3. This function’s derivative is 1 over x. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this function (10[1]-5[1])whose (10[1])inverse (10[1])is e to the x. ■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: natural logarithm [or natural log or ln; prompt on logarithm]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Will BartonSouthperialCambridge1615
Jeremy CummingsPC Chris Master RaceThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days1815
Max GreenEast Chapel HillChapel Hill A18-5
Ben RichardsSheffield AManchester A2415
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidThe Young Jits3015
Braden BoutwellMountain Dew is BetterNot Just Biking31-5
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersAlbanian Rift in the Sky32-5
Om DessaiNorth CarolinaKentucky35-5
Skand ParvatikarLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearancewhatever3515
Rayaan MudgilTexas BGeorgia B3915
Pen HughesEdinburghManchester B3915
Mia Clark-WebbOxfordBirmingham A3915
Kiran SheNot Just BikingMountain Dew is Better3915
Matt BoothArmand duplantis fan clubTed Offensive3915
Mihir KhuranaMinnetonka AMinnetonka C3915
Soham GohilMansfield ALexington B39-5
Andrew GaoBelmont AWaltham A3915
Taman TruongBasileus II: Electric BoogalooAlways Set the Kurve3915
Xander DiGiovanniPrat PackWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience3915
Joel DickerSouthamptonBirmingham B41-5
Gus SullivanMinnetonka BBurnsville42-5
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyMidnight Bus to Vista4315
Alec RisoBooz Allen InternsAn even worse idea47-5
Darren KellisOstia OrcasJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu49-5
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaRenert49-5
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BMansfield B5810
Annika LarsonAlbanian Rift in the SkyBig Brown Ballers5910
Jacob FinleyHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?I have no buzzer and I must neg60-5
Ollie Glin-ConwayThey fuck you up your buzz and negVirginia Tech6010
Jonathan LeeCheese SandwichGlebe6010
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaBooz Allen Interns6310
Jack DisburyChimeraSheffield B70-5
Matthew MedinaGrimsleyCary Academy71-5
Sankalp AgrawalEden PrairieProvidence7910
Jai Tripathi (Horace Mann)New YorkGeorgia A9410
Hussain SaleemMartingroveNorthern9510
Swastik RoyTexas AWashington100-5
Darsh MehrotraWashingtonTexas A10010
Ethan ElliottWarperialBath10110
Feliks ZhangBurlington TrojansAbbey Park10210
Nathan Daniel (North Gwinnett)Georgia CCalifornia10810
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BChimera10810
Harvey WagstaffBirmingham BSouthampton10810
Daniel PengI have no buzzer and I must negHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?10810
Ryan HostetlerJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuOstia Orcas10810
Arjun PantCary AcademyGrimsley10810
Robert WisdomChapel Hill AEast Chapel Hill10810
Sowrish KomaragiriTantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeChapel Hill B10810
Samuel Morgan.BurnsvilleMinnetonka B10810
Vito HsuehLexington BMansfield A10810
Aydin HirjiRenertBella Vista10810

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24683%67%33%38.00
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%0%67%108.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%33%33%75.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%0%25%91.25
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%80%20%43.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%67%33%57.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%50%25%66.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%33%33%68.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19580%20%40%85.25
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%50%50%58.13