Anthropic's Claude computes Hawking-Page transition order, solving 20-year question
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-10
Anthropic published a primarily-AI-generated math-ph paper on Hexagon: an internal Claude research model computed the quartic coefficient b = −1.48×10⁻³λ² of the Polyakov loop, uncalculated for two decades, showing the Hawking-Page transition in N=4 super Yang-Mills remains first order at weak coupling. A physicist verified known special cases and a second independent Claude computation reproduced the result.
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