String theory researchers simulate big-bang on supercomputer

(PhysOrg.com) — A trio of Japanese physicists have applied a reformulation of string theory, called IIB, whereby matrices are used to describe the properties of the physical universe, on a supercomputer, to effectively show that the universe spontaneously ballooned in three directions, leaving the other six dimensions tightly wrapped, as string theory has predicted all along.

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String theory researchers simulate big-bang on supercomputer