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From the article:

>The idea behind this construction was suggested by an LLM (OpenAI’s GPT- 5.6 Sol). The authors have verified the mathematical details and have written the argument in their own words. Computer algebra software (Mathematica, Maple) was used to verify computations and produce visualisations.

Its abstact which explains the conjecture, while briefly describing their counterexample:

>We exhibit a configuration of five point charges in Euclidean space whose electrostatic potential admits at least 24 critical points all of which are non-degenerate. Maxwell’s conjecture that the field of n point charges has at most (n − 1)^(2) critical points which are all non-degenerate is therefore false.

Edit: Just saw this was posted in the main sub as well: https://reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/1vbrzbe/the_maxwell_conjecture_is_false/

Postdoc in experimental particle physics in one of the large LHC experiments here. I see a lot of people working in finance (banks/hedge funds) saying that most of their colleagues have a degree in physics and that there is a lot of scope for physicists to transition to banking. However, looking more closely into the type of physicists that actually get into finance, it looks like it’s mostly theoretical physicists or people who have worked extensively with simulations. For an experimental particle physicist involved in operations and data analysis, what really is the possibility of cracking into finance (there’s also tech but dealing only with software is not for me)? Which aspect of finance can I get into? If this is a possibility where do I even start? Is there anyone nowadays who’s making this move? All the colleagues that I know that have made the move have been moving to tech. How are my chances affected if I’m not from Europe/the Americas but want to live there?

Why CERN and Fermilab's particle accelerators might have a "fish head" problem

good evening everybody, i’m a 19 year old american trying to learn and eventually master particle physics to study antimatter. i have a basic understanding of calculus, learning up to essentially calc 1 and at an equivalent level of learning as far as the physics side goes. i study cybersecurity in college but cant afford a second degree, so im trying to find a solid way to learn enough on my own to take one mastery exam for an online degree. if you guys have any resources or specific things that helped you learn calculus or physics ideas in a concentrated way that can be easily retained, please reply here or dm me if you’d be interested in working together with me. been thinking about starting up a discord server (assuming i find enough people) to get collective knowledge in a single platform. if anyone is interested in that kind of project as well, please let me know. i learn better when i have people to explain ideas to so you’d be helping me greatly.

I've seen a lot of people/sites saying that scientists at the BEPC in China have found a particle confirmed to be a glueball & I want to make sure that their claim is true. Is there any truth to it?