Calabi-Yau Writing Fiction Question

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The discussion centers on the use of Calabi-Yau manifolds in fantasy fiction, specifically regarding their dimensionality and potential to house universes within their structure. The original poster seeks to understand if the visual representations of these manifolds, which suggest spaces between folds, imply any real physical significance. Responses clarify that these visual artifacts do not reflect actual properties of the manifold, as they are merely two-dimensional representations of a six-dimensional structure. The conversation emphasizes that while the concept is imaginative, it is not grounded in current physics. Overall, the idea of using Calabi-Yau manifolds as a narrative device is encouraged, despite its speculative nature.
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Hi, this is my first post, so if it's in the wrong place please let me know. I'm writing a bit of fiction, more fantasy than science fiction, but I don't want to immediately offend the sensibilities of everybody who knows something about science. I really like the idea of a six dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold,and I was wondering if there's any restriction on the relative size of such a structure.

I don't understand the math of them but I have seen visual representations of them, and it looks as though their spaces between the folds, I'm not sure that's the right word. Could you had a situation in which you had a Calabi-Yau manifold made of space-time and obviously two other dimensions was able to house universes within the folds? I realize this is well outside of the range of physics as it exists today, but again I just want to remind you that this is supposed to be a work of pure fiction.

I kind of like the idea the Calabi-Yau manifold as a knot and worlds or universes existing in the gaps that exist, however small relatively speaking, that you'd find in any kind of knot or structure.

I have a few other writing questions but I'm not sure is the place to ask them, and I guessed that would be a good idea to ask one specific question first.this doesn't need to be hugely accurate, I just need to know this is a completely lunatic idea, inasmuch as maybe there are no spaces within the Calabi-Yau manifold, and it's just an artifact of the visualization.
 
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Misericorde said:
I don't understand the math of them but I have seen visual representations of them, and it looks as though their spaces between the folds, I'm not sure that's the right word.
No, I don't think those spaces between the folds mean anything. That's just an artifact of a particular method of representing the manifold visually.
 
bcrowell said:
No, I don't think those spaces between the folds mean anything. That's just an artifact of a particular method of representing the manifold visually.

Also remember that Calabi-Yau manifold is 6-dimensional and so the popular picture you see is just only a "2-dimensional representation" of it.
 
OK, I thought that might be the case, thanks for the fast answers!
 
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