String Theory Question
@jennygirl1901 (39)
United States
March 16, 2008 2:54pm CST
Does anyone on here know anything about physics? If you do I have a question based off of string theory...Here is my question, String theory involves 6 dimentions, one of the problems with the sting theory is there have been 5 different mathmatical equations linked to this theory, could this be the case because we are dealing with 6 dimenions? What if each mathmatical equation is linked to a separate dimention? This would mean there is one more equation linked to this theory not yet found. What if then we took all 6 separate equations to form a whole equation? Could this be the missing formula to make a whole, thus finding the whole conclusion to strings?
Also what type of enegry makes up each individual string?
Please only answer this if you do indeed have a some what knowledge of string theory.
2 responses
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
16 Mar 08
I remember that the string theory has 10 spacetime dimensions, with individual strings at 26 dimensions. The equations themselves were dualities that are simply different in approach but describe the same event. Its unknown if there is a sixth equation/theory to this problem. I would think the problem would be how to go from 26 to 10 (and not 6). Its possible another equation solves this, or perhaps another hybrid/duality will be discovered.
I thought it was the high tension (vibration) of said strings which cause the energy with lower energy meaning less mass and higher energy having more mass.
@jennygirl1901 (39)
• United States
16 Mar 08
See I was considering the 6 demensions in which the strings are located. Not the demensions within the strings themselves, the whole. I understood there are 6 of these demensions, however everyone on here has replied to 26. This may be more accurte as I have no schooling in this.
Still the question I ask is perhaps this is why we get several mathmatical equaions to explain string theory. Perhaps all of these equations are equal to the different dimensions rather than the whole. My question is what if we take all the equations we have completed and compose them into one mathmatical question? Could we then find the whole? Has his already been tried? You sound like you would know the answer to this question.
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
16 Mar 08
Alright, it was a miscommunication then.
Combining the equations is another form of this problem. Its been combined as another theory, M-theory. Various professors, scientists, students and researchers have worked on something like this. However, it becomes even more theoretical and unknown (due to it already being based of other theories and our lack of understanding too). But yes, this is where the dualities/equations are analyzed and combined further
@hypersoniq (34)
• United States
16 Mar 08
String theory currently points to the existence of maybe 10 or 11 spacetime dimensions (Supersymmetry).
Bosons (a part of radiation energy) is (or was) believed to be the energy component of the strings, and fermions the matter portion. Purely Bosonic string theory points to 26 spacetime dimensions (from Polyakov's equation).
I'm no expert on string theory, I picked up on it when doing research for my experiments in resonance. String theory might make things easier there, too bad the exuations so far are only approximations.
