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Temperature Changes the Number of Dimensions in Quantum Systems ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Systems with Quantum Dimensions"
The number of spatial dimensions isn't a constant—it's a quantum property that depends on temperature.
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Space isn't always three-dimensional—at least in a new quantum theory. The number of dimensions can change with temperature, like a sheet of paper folding into a box when heated. Such fuzzy geometry could help unravel the mysteries of black holes and gravity.

🎯 Even empty space at the quantum level isn't empty—it seethes with virtual particles. Now the very number of dimensions may join this dance.

🎬 Like the TARDIS from Doctor Who, which is bigger on the inside, this theory toys with the idea that dimensions can be mutable.

Scientists
Stephen HawkingJacob BekensteinAlbert EinsteinFritz ZwickyVera RubinBernhard Riemann
Tags
spacetime curvature black hole entropy
Laws
second law of thermodynamicsHawking radiationgravitational lensingBekenstein-Hawking entropyEinstein field equationsBoltzmann distribution
Original: arXiv:2511.14547 · CC BY 4.0 · bridge42worlds