Re: the plane of space

Helios wrote:
> For the theory of a wormhole to be possible, space must be a plane in
> the form of a horizontal "U". When something (i.e. a black hole) causes
> enough curvature in spacetime on opposing sides, the curvature can be
> so much that the sides meet, creating a wormhole between the two areas.
> But what if the plane isn't that form? Also, for a wormhole to work,
> would it have to be in higher dimensions?

The picture you are talking about is a caricature meant to aid
visualisation and pedagogy. A wormhole is simply a solution of the
Einstein field equations that hooks up two causally disconnected
regions of spacetime.

-Souvik

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