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From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
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Subject: Re: What Constitutes A "DIMENSION"? {Question From a Novice}
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 22:15:38 EDT
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> I have often suspected (in my casually interested, but not highly educated in
> physics mind) that the number of dimensions must be prime, and am very
> gratified to hear that the likely number (11) is prime.
> 

Actually, I'm uncomfortable with the idea of a finite number of dimensions.
If someone tells me that there are only eleven dimensions, I would turn
to the Universe and ask it why *only* eleven? Why not 100?

If there is some firm mathematical basis for only eleven, I'll have to look it
up.

	Chris Andersen
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