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  2. Envelope (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    An astroid as the envelope of the family of lines connecting points (s,0), (0,t) with s 2 + t 2 = 1. The following example shows that in some cases the envelope of a family of curves may be seen as the topologic boundary of a union of sets, whose boundaries are the curves of the envelope.

  3. Superstring theory - Wikipedia

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    Yet, when used together, the equations fall apart, spitting out impossible answers, such as imaginary distances and less than one dimension. The major problem with their incongruence is that, at Planck scale (a fundamental small unit of length) lengths, general relativity predicts a smooth, flowing surface, while quantum mechanics predicts a ...

  4. Type II string theory - Wikipedia

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    At low energies, type IIA string theory is described by type IIA supergravity in ten dimensions which is a non-chiral theory (i.e. left–right symmetric) with (1,1) d=10 supersymmetry; the fact that the anomalies in this theory cancel is therefore trivial.

  5. N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory - Wikipedia

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    N = 4 super Yang–Mills can be derived from a simpler 10-dimensional theory, and yet supergravity and M-theory exist in 11 dimensions. The connection is that if the gauge group U( N ) of SYM becomes infinite as N → ∞ {\displaystyle N\rightarrow \infty } it becomes equivalent to an 11-dimensional theory known as matrix theory .

  6. Symmetry (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    A drawing of a butterfly with bilateral symmetry, with left and right sides as mirror images of each other.. In geometry, an object has symmetry if there is an operation or transformation (such as translation, scaling, rotation or reflection) that maps the figure/object onto itself (i.e., the object has an invariance under the transform). [1]

  7. Super-Poincaré algebra - Wikipedia

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    The super-Poincaré algebra was first proposed in the context of the Haag–Łopuszański–Sohnius theorem, as a means of avoiding the conclusions of the Coleman–Mandula theorem. That is, the Coleman–Mandula theorem is a no-go theorem that states that the Poincaré algebra cannot be extended with additional symmetries that might describe ...

  8. Lie superalgebra - Wikipedia

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    This rolling-up is not normally referred to as "super". Thus, supergraded Lie superalgebras carry a pair of / ‑gradations: one of which is supersymmetric, and the other is classical. Pierre Deligne calls the supersymmetric one the super gradation, and the classical one the cohomological gradation. These two gradations must be compatible, and ...

  9. Reflection symmetry - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, reflection symmetry, line symmetry, mirror symmetry, or mirror-image symmetry is symmetry with respect to a reflection. That is, a figure which does not change upon undergoing a reflection has reflectional symmetry. In 2-dimensional space, there is a line/axis of symmetry, in 3-dimensional space, there is a plane of symmetry