Kaluza–Klein theory
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Kaluza–Klein theory
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In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory is a classical unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism built around the idea of a fifth dimension beyond the common 4D of space and time and considered an important precursor to string theory. In their setup, the vacuum has the usual 3 dimensions of space and one dimension of time but with another microscopic extra spatial dimension in the shape of a tiny circle. Gunnar Nordström had an earlier, similar idea. But in that case, a fifth component wa
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Unified field theory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluza%E2%80%93Klein_theory
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2001-10-29T13:36:11Z
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2024-09-15T15:16:54Z
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