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Brilliant forum, wish i'd spent time browsing it years ago.
In my layman's "understanding" of string theory six dimensions are compactified and usually presumed to be of very small size. My questions are:
1. Is there any mathematical or (better still) physical reason why this space does not collapse to a vanishingly small size? e.g. a pressure of some kind?
2. Bearing in mind other string theory dualities, is there any good reason, or even conjecture, to think that its size is in reciprocal proportion to the 3-space universe?
Thanks in advance.
Paul
In my layman's "understanding" of string theory six dimensions are compactified and usually presumed to be of very small size. My questions are:
1. Is there any mathematical or (better still) physical reason why this space does not collapse to a vanishingly small size? e.g. a pressure of some kind?
2. Bearing in mind other string theory dualities, is there any good reason, or even conjecture, to think that its size is in reciprocal proportion to the 3-space universe?
Thanks in advance.
Paul