New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
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A new mathematical proof explores the behavior of soap-film singularities, shedding light on the underlying geometry and physics of these phenomena.
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VladVladikoff
about 1 month ago
1 replyThe middle of the three author photos at first glance looks like an AI generated photo. My brain is fried on all this fake crap on the internet and now sees any photo with an out of focus background and immediately thinks “this is fake”.
pstuart
about 1 month ago
Yikes! I see what you mean.
mlpoknbji
about 1 month ago
Amazing how many different areas of math Jim Simons made serious contributions to, before turning to finance.
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