Recent content by ConcreteF

Thank you all for taking time to answer my question. It seems that I need to allow myself to let go of my tangible understanding of a string and just accept it as a mathematical 'thing'! If I understand correctly then, a string can 'pass through' itself an unlimited number of times without...

Hello all. I am currently reading 'The Elegant Universe' and I'm puzzled by one key thing that is really starting to 'niggle' me! How can a one-dimensional string have multiple windings along a two-dimensional circular spatial dimension ("Garden Hose"). For this to be possible the string...