• Question: is the hyper cube something to do with the 4th dimention?

    Asked by 06jwells to Stephen on 13 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Stephen Curry answered on 13 Jun 2010:

      Wow – geometry. That’s a tough one. A square is a 2D object with equal sides. A cube is a 3D object with equal sides. At all higher dimensions, 4D, 5D etc., a hypercube is the object you get if all sides in all allowed dimensions are equal.

      I suspect some mathematicians might be able to see such an object in their mind’s eye (or imagination) but I confess I can’t.

      I’m not even sure I want to try, in case my head explodes and makes a mess of the carpet.

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