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To: Doctor Stochastic

I am told there are an infinite number of solutions to Einstein's equations. Not all are consistent with physics such as we know it. What do you mean by hyperbolic dimensions?


119 posted on 08/04/2006 8:07:28 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

A geometry where the metric is a quadratic form (aren't they all?) with 3 positive and 1 negative eigenvalue (or the reverse.) Other quadratic forms give rise to different geometries.


120 posted on 08/04/2006 8:27:26 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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