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Local maxima of the sum of Gaussian functions in *multiple dimensions* are always strict local maxima - prove/disprove/prove conditionally?

This is a follow up of the question in one dimension, that asked to show that the all the maxima of the sum of Gaussian $$f_n(x):= \sum_{i=1}^{n}e^{-(x-x_i)^2}, x_1 < x_2 < \dots < x_n$$ are ...
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