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A six-dimensional Universe with two compact dimensions forming a sphereS 2 constitutes a natural framework for a prospective «theory of everything» (TOE). The idea of a six-dimensional manifold is combined with the ideas of gauge interactions and supersymmetries. After a discussion of an academic example of one generation of leptons it is shown that also three generations of both leptons and quarks including their gravito-electroweak and strong interactions may be accommodated naturally into the six-dimensional framework.
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This work was supported partly by Polish Ministry of education. Project CPBP ol. 03.1.7.
An Erratum for this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02799151
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Rayski, J., Rayski, J.M. A six-dimensional universe. Nuov Cim A 103, 1729–1734 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887297
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887297