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"STRING" "THEORY"

String theory, also known by names such as "superstring theory" and sometimes "M-theory", is an idea that has been around for a rather long time, over two decades.

The discovery of string theory as a potential unified theory was something of an accident. In a context unrelated to the unification of forces, researchers in the 1970's wondered what theory one might be able to write down to describe a fundamental quantum string -- an object with a finite spatial extent, which could not be described in terms of deeper constituents. It was certainly an interesting new mathematical problem in a physical context.

Such a string would be described classically by giving the location of an object extended like a (straight or curved) line in space at a given time. The string could be closed, like a loop, or open, with two end points

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  1. WeReWolF(Mani Sankar)June 27, 2010 at 12:12 PM

    This guy is utter rubbish...VIGNESH@imperatore has copied all the stuff from theory.tifr.res.in/~mukhi/Physics/string2.html

    This is sheer cheating and I hope sir will take action against this post.

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  2. Mathew Abraham June 27, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    OK ..
    No Worries
    Everything will be counted when grading
    I request all to post your entries in your own language as far as possible

    Take care.
    You can edit the post and avoid being blamed a copycat.

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