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| Mad Scientists Science and Mathematics discussion-- theories, arguments, citations, proofs and pudding. |
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#1
 2003-01-31, 20:46
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Gravity and strings
Well i've never read the super string theory, but i'm guessing this idea I just thought up has some relevance with it.
Think of a 3d grid, then think of gravity as little strings existing in the universe.
What if these strings attach to matter, and objects surround this large piece of matter get swung around it, based on the strings.
These strings have no mass, but they have length and height relative to their postion in the grid. Think of an X, and Y axis. Well in reality, you can take this one step further and add another axis called Z I believe.
Matter gets attached to these strings, and gets held. The more stress applied to the strings, the more gravity they have. Think of a larger person attached to another smaller person via bungie cord.
Well with the big bang, this theory suddenly gets more exciting. If these strings do exist, and the longer they get the more stress is applied to them, eventually the universe will reach a point and collapse on itself. Now I will even take this string theory farther, and include photons in the mix.
What if in addition to these strings they have more strings in the universe, in a circular shape. An example could be the powers of the nucleus of an atom that the electron travels on. Well what if light is carried by these strings? What if the world the world is really curved and bent?
What if the world we see is bent and distorted somewhat similar to the mirror in a fun house? Would a image on glass be able to tell that the glass is bent?
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#2
 2003-01-31, 21:45
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hydrvs 
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Re: Gravity and strings
too much cafeine, but it's really interesting, although I don't believe in it
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#3
 2003-02-01, 09:15
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redmanphu 
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Re: Gravity and strings
one of the big stumbling blocks of string theory is that the strings seem only to exist in either 11 or 26 dimensions. weird numbers, and that causes the math to come out ugly. most every other math model in physics is symmetrical and mathematicaly pure, and this business with "11 or 26, and nothing in between" really bothers those physicists.
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#4
 2003-02-01, 19:07
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Python 
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Re: Gravity and strings
My friend...
It's not so much as the matter being entangled in these strings so much as matter and energy bieng the strings, in varying degrees of density. The theory that links all the string theories is the M-Theory. The superstring theory, which agrees with all currently accepted laws of physics, and is the best explanation for the Uncertantity Principle. It also states that space is not a vacuum but rather a sea of these strings, as well as virtual particles and ground state fluctuations. Another effect is that a lot of extra dimensions have been predicted, that are curled up very small and are only detectable at a sub-atomic level. To illustrate this, take the analogy of a transparent garden hose with a fly moving around the inside of it. From a distance it looks like a 2D object with a fly moving left-right and up-down inside it. When you get closer to it, however, you will notice that the hose is a cylinderical shape, rather then a curved line, and that the fly is actually walking along the inside of the hose, and is moving foward-backward as well as in the other 2 Dimensions (As well as Time).
That is why it is regarded as a very solid physics theory, even though a lot of work on it still needs a lot of work.
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