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Re: Shapes!
Posted By: lockeai, on host 129.2.71.14
Date: Friday, August 11, 2000, at 14:56:32
In Reply To: Shapes! posted by lockeai on Friday, August 11, 2000, at 08:59:10:

> What sort of two-dimensional shape would you be, if you had to be a two-dimensional shape made out of straight lines and points?
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> I'd be the two-dimensional representation of a higher-dimensional cube. I posted my attempt at representation of 4 and 5 dimensional cubes at the URL below..
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> locke "i had way too much coffee this morning" ai

A little explanation for those pictures..
In actuality, all the lines in the picture which have the same color are parallel. In addition, if you take one line of each color, they will all be perpindicular to each other..

The 4d shape actually consists of 8 cubes- the big cube, the little cube inside the big cube, and 6 distorted looking cubes (with yellow lines for 4 of their edges)

The 5d shape should consist of something like 10 of those 4d shapes, but I don't feel like figuring out if that's right or not.

Tubba's trying to make a viewer for interesting 4d shapes. 5d and higher is just too crowded and confusing.

-locke "caffeine makes me like being a math major" ai


Link: Shapes!

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