T-duality is a symmetry of string theory relating small and large distances. T-duality is not present in ordinary particle theory, indicating that strings experience spacetime in a way that is fundamentally distinct than the way particles do. It relates different string theories that were thought to be unrelated before T-duality was understood. T-duality preceded the Second Superstring Revolution.
— Wikipedia on T-duality
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