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mastodon — John Carlos Baez — 26 Oct 2026

Whoa!!!! Showing that two quantum field theories in common use actually make rigorous sense: Yang-Mills theory, and QCD,…

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Whoa!!!! Showing that two quantum field theories in common use actually make rigorous sense: Yang-Mills theory, and QCD, which is Yang-Mills theory plus fermions (namely quarks). This will be HUGE if true. For many decades, mathematical physics has been stuck on this problem. (1/2)

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