Abstract

By desuspending a zero-dimensional manifold, one obtains Einstein manifolds with so-called "virtual dimensions." This leads to a remarkably rich reformulation of the point particle picture, in which partially negative-dimensional product (PNDP) strings and manifolds are placed at the fore. In this paper, I explore a simple braneworld picture in which the virtual dimensions of a PNDP spacetime can be used to recover the Newtonian picture of gravity.