Anthropic Uses Claude to Solve Nine-Loop Physics Calculation
Claude ran largely unsupervised for days in Claude Science to calculate a nine-loop scattering amplitude at a total cost of a few thousand dollars.
- The calculation broke the previous eight-loop record in the planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills model set by SLAC's Lance Dixon and collaborators.
- Lance Dixon independently verified Claude's nine-loop result.
- The calculation was completed from a single prompt based on a challenge from physicist @4gravitons.
Theoretical physicists can use AI agents to execute multi-day, complex calculations that previously exceeded human computational limits at academic budgets.
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