Re: dimensionality of mass part one

Posted by JohnCauthen on May 13, 2003 at 00:24:11:

In Reply to: dimensionality of mass part one posted by rtharbaugh on May 11, 2003 at 07:28:42:

Particles are really three dimensional and they have mass, but they represent and act as one dimensional points because they are smaller than the length of strings or the distance between points. And below a certain weight they act massless. So we have the slightly confusing challenge of dealing with something that is not really what it is. If there is any distance between points, and any mass to space itself, which there is, then any size below that distance is still considered one dimensional and any weight below that weight is considered massless.

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