Strings from almost nothing

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Paul Colby

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May 22, 2026

It's beyond my depth but I saw a recent paper Strings from almost nothing that sounds interesting to me. If this has been discussed previously on this forum I apologize.

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Paul Colby said:

If this has been discussed previously on this forum I apologize.

A search on the arxiv number of the paper didn't turn up any other threads here on PF. So I think we're good.

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