Integrated worlds, separate, or co-existing?

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 154925

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> DA Jones:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > However, at least the outside of most wizard structures would 
> look perfectly normal to muggles, it is the inside that is expanded, 
> or if there are differences from the outside, muggles would prob 
> gnore it, or they are covered with charms or secret passwords or 
> 'bricks' as with diagon alley.  I think a muggle could find the burrow, 
> and would think it was just an old rickety house, if he went inside 
> he might think diff, because to some extent the inside of the 
> burrow has prob made use of wizard space principles. 
> 
> >
> 
> Geoff:
> Possibly slightly OT but this plot idea has been exploited before....
> 
> Externally, Dr.Who's TARDIS is an old London police telephone 
> box but is always larger within than without.
> 
> I think its name is possibly a bit of a giveaway - 
> Time And Relative Dimensions
> In Space.
>

I think of Dr. Who's TARDIS every time I read of a wizard's
car/tent/house/trunk that is larger inside than outside.

Who knows if JKR knows about this but there is a theory in modern
physics that potentially could make this possible. There are several
similar theories, in fact, that are based on the notion that the
space/time continuum of our universe has more than the normal four (3
spatial + time) dimensions that we percieve. Some attempts to "unify"
the force of gravity with the other three known forces require that
space/time be up to 11 dimensional. The reason we don't perceive these
extra dimensions is that the other 7 are very limited in size, smaller
that the size of an atom. So it is possible that magic could be used
to expand one or more of these other dimensions locally in a way that
leaves the outside of a three dimensional object the same size in the
"normal four" while expanding the inside in one of the extra
dimensions. It is plausible enough to serve as the departure point for
a fantasy or science fiction work anyway.

Curiously enough Moody's magic trunk had 7 different interiors didn't
it? If space/time really is 11 dimensional this might be entirely
possible and counting the the normal space/time interior up to 8
different interiors could be contained in the same object. So now I'm
curious: did JKR read about these theories somewhere and incorporate
them into her story, or did she just get lucky?

Does anyone else here remember Monty Python's 3 sided LP??

Ken