1 number_pizza111 2026/07/26(Sun) 13:34:00 I've been reading a little on a very niche field of math (Cyclotomic polynomials) because I have a professor who's done some work in it. To test out GPT 5.6 I asked it to find and disprove a conjecture in the field, and it actually did. I have a concrete counterexample and I have no idea what to do next. Email the authors with it? This isn't a hot question in math or anything of the sort but it would feel weird to drop it completely.
2 Ennosigaios 2026/07/26(Sun) 14:04:57Not the math's guy and i have no idea about it. But if you fee like you cant progress further with it by yourself. Then sure, it makes sense to contact someone you would consider as more authoritative/someone you trust and ask for their help.
But yeah, dont drop it in any case.
3 PeteBondurant 2026/07/26(Sun) 17:38:25>>1
Well if your professor has done work in the niche, I'd just approach them irl and ask. Can probably point you to the appropriate channels in the field. Just keep a record lest you get "your" research snatched if you worry about that