Re: Gravity on a torus

This discussion is funny to me because apparently all the
string theory guys have solved this already---since they
speak of the description of gravity in an alternative world
say 2 space dimensions,
where one dimension is compactified and they claim to know
what the gravitational potential would be in such a case.

I wonder what their criterion is for what the potential of gravity
should be in such a case, since they need such a criterion to make
the claims they do.

I wonder if one of the guys "in the know" would read this and tell us
how their argument works.

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