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GPT-5.2 Breakthrough: New Gluon Amplitude Formula Verified in Theoretical Physics

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OpenAI's GPT-5.2 has made a significant contribution to theoretical physics by deriving a formula for a gluon amplitude previously thought to be zero. The preprint, titled Single-minus gluon tree amplitudes are nonzero, authored by researchers including Alfredo Guevara and Kevin Weil, demonstrates that under specific conditions in momentum space, a gluon configuration with negative helicity and positive helicity gluons does not vanish. This finding challenges long-held assumptions and opens new avenues for understanding particle interactions. The formula was first conjectured by GPT-5.2 Pro, significantly simplifying complex expressions that human researchers had struggled with, paving the way for verification and extension to gravitons.