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Islam Hassan
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The Word "Dimension"
I have some difficulty understanding the exact connotation of the word "dimension" as used in string theories re "extra dimentions".
Are these extra dimensions really meant to be dimensions of space or are they simply extra parameters that need to be integrated mathematically into the description of reality proposed by these string theories? It sometimes seems to my lay mind that the word "dimension" is not used in a specific, rigourous way...
IH
I have some difficulty understanding the exact connotation of the word "dimension" as used in string theories re "extra dimentions".
Are these extra dimensions really meant to be dimensions of space or are they simply extra parameters that need to be integrated mathematically into the description of reality proposed by these string theories? It sometimes seems to my lay mind that the word "dimension" is not used in a specific, rigourous way...
IH