{"id":158973,"date":"2026-10-19T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158973"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:00:11","slug":"chinese-discovery-of-doughnut-like-topology-at-tipping-points-breaks-physics-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158973","title":{"rendered":"Chinese discovery of doughnut-like topology at tipping points breaks physics convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese physicists have discovered that a tipping point \u2013 a threshold where a physical system rapidly shifts states \u2013 can possess a smooth mathematical structure resembling a doughnut\u2019s hole, challenging a belief that the two phenomena must be studied separately.<br \/>\nFor decades, mainstream physicists have mostly treated critical phenomena, which describe how physical systems change at critical points, and topology, which studies the properties of geometry, as separate areas of research.<br \/>\nA classic&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3371371\/chinese-discovery-doughnut-topology-tipping-points-breaks-physics-convention?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese physicists have discovered that a tipping point \u2013 a threshold where a physical system rapidly shifts states \u2013 can possess a smooth mathematical&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158973"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}