Deriving the Metric of Five-Dimensional Universe
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https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V2E7/2026-03Keywords:
quantum mechanics, special relativity, quantum thermodynamicsAbstract
In this short paper which is a continuation of another one published in this very journal regarding magnetic monopoles we discuss the possibility of a fifth dimension explaining some quantum phenomena.
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