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There are some theories which claim that space should for some mathematical reason have more than 3+1 dimensions, but that some of them are for some reasons "rolled up".
How would an interface look like where the number of unrolled dimensions changes?
Consider a blister on skin, or paint. The interior of the blister is a 3D region. Skin outside the blister is 2D. So the edge of the blister is a 1D line.
But the interior of the blister has actual bounding surfaces in the 3rd dimension. If on approaching the edge of 3D space, the 3rd dimension is "rolled up" rather than terminated at the ends, how would you see the difference?
The interior of black holes is said to have 3 dimensions instead of 4 (3+1), so event horizon is precisely a 2D surface where the 3+1D space terminates.
And how would a surface look like where 1 rolled-up space dimension unrolls? Looking from 3D space towards a region of 4D space?
How would an interface look like where the number of unrolled dimensions changes?
Consider a blister on skin, or paint. The interior of the blister is a 3D region. Skin outside the blister is 2D. So the edge of the blister is a 1D line.
But the interior of the blister has actual bounding surfaces in the 3rd dimension. If on approaching the edge of 3D space, the 3rd dimension is "rolled up" rather than terminated at the ends, how would you see the difference?
The interior of black holes is said to have 3 dimensions instead of 4 (3+1), so event horizon is precisely a 2D surface where the 3+1D space terminates.
And how would a surface look like where 1 rolled-up space dimension unrolls? Looking from 3D space towards a region of 4D space?