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The discussion highlights the intriguing concept of upside-down buoyancy, emphasizing its cleverness and novelty. It notes that the floating equilibrium on the bottom surface is inherently unstable when considering static potential energy. Stability is instead derived from dynamic oscillation effects, which require extensive explanation in supplementary materials. The accompanying article provides in-depth analysis and figures to support these findings. This phenomenon challenges conventional understandings of buoyancy and stability in fluid dynamics.
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Devilishly clever.

 
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Cool. I had definitely never heard of that before.
 
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Here is the accompanying article:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.04777
So the floating equilibrium on the bottom surface is actually unstable based on static potential energy alone (Fig 3B). The stability comes from dynamic effects of the oscillation, which take like 5 pages of supplementary text to explain.
 
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