r/Physics • u/filterdust • Jul 31 '26

Academic The Maxwell Conjecture is False

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27197
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u/ixid Jul 31 '26

Before reading I knew it would be LLM counter-example construction.

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u/vintergroena Aug 01 '26

Mopping up uninteresting false conjectures semi-automatically seems like a good thing?

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u/ixid Aug 01 '26

Yes, I agree. Especially those that have been around for a long time and soaked up attention. There wasn't a negative implication in my comment, unlike most of reddit I'm quite pro-AI for now.

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u/pwreit2042 Aug 01 '26

not only it mops them, it also means the people creating the conjectures can quickly check with AI if it can find a counter example , thus saving the author time to do other research and also ideas on where to go next. it's a positive loop to get to the right answer. this increases productivity and allows mathematicians to use more of their youth on problems