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THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE, Brian Greene, 1999, 2003
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Chapter 11: Notes
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1. The mathematically inclined reader will recognize that we are asking whether the topology of space is dynamical—that is, whether it can change. We note that although we will often use the language of dynamical topology change, in practice we are usually considering a one-parameter family of spacetimes whose topology changes as a function of the parameter. Technically speaking, this parameter is not time, but in certain limits can essentially be identified with time. Return to Text
2. For the mathematically inclined reader, the procedure involves blowing down rational curves on a Calabi-Yau manifold and then making use of the fact that, under certain circumstances, the resulting singularity can be repaired by distinct small resolutions. Return to Text
3. K. C. Cole, New York Times Magazine, October 18, 1987, p. 20. Return to Text or
or 2. For the mathematically inclined reader, the procedure involves blowing down rational curves on a Calabi-Yau manifold and then making use of the fact that, under certain circumstances, the resulting singularity can be repaired by distinct small resolutions. Return to Text
3. K. C. Cole, New York Times Magazine, October 18, 1987, p. 20. Return to Text
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