I recently started diving deeper into the aspects of superstring theory, but it is still very hard to grasp what the 10 space dimensions represent, other than the first visible 3 and time. Thanks!
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The 10 dimensions in string theory represent 10 degrees of freedom. This is similar to our 4D(3 space and 1 time) world where you can move up and down, back and forward, and side to side as well a from 1 minute to the next. In string theory we need not only these 4 but 6 additional degrees of freedom to describe the way these fundamental strings can move. What are these additional dimensions? Other than being spatial and small(unlike our infinite 3D classical world) the details are only understood in the math which is way beyond a reddit level.
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