Boundedness of the zero set of a two-dimensional finite electrical field

Let F=(X,Y)F=(X,Y) be a two-dimensional electrical field generated by finitely many point charges, and let

Z(F)={(x,y)R2:F(x,y)=(0,0)}Z(F)=\{(x,y)\in\mathbb R^2:F(x,y)=(0,0)\}

be its zero set.

Bounded-zero-set conjecture. The zero set Z(F)Z(F) is bounded.

If true, this would rule out common zeros at infinity. The source presents the claim as a conjecture and does not give a resolution.

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Tamas Erdelyi, Joseph Rosenblatt and Rebecca Rosenblatt, “Asymptotic Directions for the Zero Sets of the Components of an Electrical Field from a Finite Number of Point Charges on the Plane Part II”, arXiv:2208.12857 (2022).

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