Why We Need Extra Physical Dimensions: A Simple Geometric Explanation

Authors

Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

6-2015

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-15-50

Published in Mathematical Structures and Modeling, 2015, Vol. 34, pp. 24-28.

Abstract

It is known that a consistent description of point-wise particles requires that we add extra physical dimensions to the usual four dimensions of space-time. The need for such dimensions is based on not-very-intuitive complex mathematics. It is therefore desirable to try to come up with a simpler geometric explanation for this phenomenon. In this paper, we provide a simple geometric explanation of why extra physical dimensions are needed.