Can anybody explain dimensions beyond 3 in an easy way? They say that there is definitely at least 10 dimensions to reality which they use to come up with calculations for subatomic particles/phenomena. I heard the theories about 26 dimensions being the maximum. I'm pretty sure the dimensions are infinite. I don't see why they wouldn't be.
I'll assume you're referring to strictly time/space dimensions, in which case, no, but I can see your point. Does anybody know how you can prove that the number of dimensions that we can't detect is less than a certain number?
In physics the number of data points you need to describe somthing is the dimension. To say there are 26 dimensions just means you need 26 data points. Or if there are 4 dimension, x,y,z,t. You can'r prove the number of things you can't detect is less than anything. That is proving a negative.
The number 10 for spatial dimensions is an aspect of string theory, which has yet to be tested experimentally. The number 26 was associated with an earlier version of the theory. When dealing with mathematics, there is no limit on dimensions. Hilbert space is an infinite dimensional extension of Euclidean space.
