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Dimension Compactification -- A Possible Explanation For Superclusters And For Empirical Evidence Usually Interpreted As Dark Matter, Vladik Kreinovich
Dimension Compactification -- A Possible Explanation For Superclusters And For Empirical Evidence Usually Interpreted As Dark Matter, Vladik Kreinovich
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According to modern quantum physics, at the microlevel, the dimension of space-time is at least 11; we only observe 4 dimensions because the others are compactified: the size along each of the other dimensions is much smaller than the macroscale. There is no universally accepted explanation of why exactly 4 dimensions remain at the microscopic level. A natural suggestion is: maybe there is no fundamental reason why exactly 4 dimensions should remain, maybe when we go to even larger scales, some of the 4 dimensions will be compactified as well? In this paper, we explore the consequences of the compactification …