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Im a layman trying to understand the 4th and 5th dimension someone please explain! [closed]
If in the 3rd dimension we have height, length and width what axis (axes) could we possibly add? From my limited research I have read that the 4th isn't time but rather another spatial dimension. My ...
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Which causal structures are absent from any “nice” patch of Minkowski space?
Which "causal separation structures" (or "interval structures") can not be found among the events in "any nice patch ($P$) of Minkowski space"?,
where "causal separation structure" ($s$) should be ...
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Limit on velocity in Minkowski Spacetime geometry
Let A be a rocket moving with velocity v.
Then the slope of its worldline in a spacetime diagram is given by c/v.
Since it is a slope, c/v = tan(theta) for some theta > 45 and theta < 90.
Does ...
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Space-time geometry and metric
I am confused in one question in general relativity, why we can always express a space-time geometry only by metric. It means a metric, which is just about distance in tangent space, can tell us all ...
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Experimental evidence of a fourth spatial dimension?
As human beings, we observe the world in which we live in three dimensions. However, it is certainly theoretically possible that more dimensions exist.
Is there any direct or indirect evidence ...
