Kaluza–Klein reduction

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Classical Field Theory subtree

5D gravity on S¹ gives 4D gravity + Maxwell + scalar; mode expansion φ(x,y) = Σφ_n(x)e^(iny/R) with masses n/R; origin of extra-dimensional physics.

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