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How many dimensions are in string theory? [duplicate]
How many dimensions are in string theroy? I heard that there are 11 but to my understanding, there is an infinite, also can strings be on a 2D plane?
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Why are there specifically 10, 11, or 26 dimensions in string theory? [duplicate]
I know that current string theories state that there are 10, 11, or 26 spacetime dimensions in superstring theory, M-theory, and bosonic string theory, respectively. But when I looked up why those ...
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Why does string theory require 9 dimensions of space and one dimension of time?
String theorists say that there are many more dimensions out there, but they are too small to be detected.
However, I do not understand why there are ten dimensions and not just any other number?
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