Honestly, everybody missed this. I was working regularly with three collaborators with various pieces, and I've talked with probably a dozen big names in my field about what we were trying to do. For years, no one caught it.
This is probably a culture difference between physics and I'm...
I believe I have made it as clear as I can be without going into very technical details. I do (or rather did) physics, we made a bad assumption about a system that basically renders years of work somewhat meaningless. Science is a cruel, cruel mistress. If I return, my advisor and I would put...
I'm amazed you were able to pull this off. My six months/one year estimate is assuming I can work full time on a project- generally assuming long (60-80 hour) work weeks. Were you able to reduce some of your work load at your full-time job? How were you able to get everything finished? My...
For the last 3.5 years, I've been working on a detailed calculation for my phd. I finished five months ago.
Because it was expected I would defend this semester, I applied for work and accepted a job, etc. I've started work and relocated, expecting to return to defend sometime next month...