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Yeah, that's not what that means. In math "dimension" is used as a statistic. As in, "this manifold has a dimension of 4". So you can say things like "in dimension 4" to mean "when the dimension is equal to 4". We do also say "in 4 dimensions"; it just varies. The two phrases are equivalent. There is no ordering of dimensions or anything like that.


I agree. @GP:

>> but "dimensions 8 and 24" to me sounds...

Note that the article says

> In dimensions 8 and 24, it’s possible to...

you didn't quote the "In". With the "In" it's usual math jargon that means

> "in dimension 4" to mean "when the dimension is equal to 4"

But the title has no "In" and it sounds very weird, perhaps even incorrect. Anyway, note that most of the times the title is not written by the author.




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