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Originally Posted by Felix Schrodinger  Hi Profpat
Sorry if my earlier post was not clear. I see it like this: - small fundamental unit (like lego bricks so 'legons'?) which I cannot define further
- join end to end to make string which are quarks
- which combine to make the particles we see in nature
As you say it would appear that the electron is a single string but I am not completely happy with this description yet and I have no idea how the photon fits in. The 'legons' (fundamentals) are not point particles and must have size in the three spatial dimensions. They are considerably bigger than the Planck length.
regards
Felix |
Hi Felix; Lets take the Borromean Rings; 
Unlike the above, imagine the circles to be 1 dimensional. Now there are 7 different areas or dimensions in those rings. Now lets put the rings together so it looks like one circle. Now lets twist that circle so it looks like one string. Since all the lines are one dimensional it would still be one dimensional entity but inside are the 7 inner dimensions and once back to the above figure it could enfold into a 3 dimensional geodesic sphere. Would that work for you? Best, Pat P.S. 
A realization of the Borromean rings as ellipses