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How To See In Four Dimensions

Posted by timothy on from the wrinkle-in-time-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Think it's impossible to see four-dimensional objects? These videos will show you otherwise. Some mathematicians work with four-dimensional objects all the time, and they've developed some clever tricks to get a feeling for what they're like. The techniques begin by imagining how two-dimensional creatures, like those in Edwin Abbot's 'Flatland,' could get a feeling for three-dimensional objects. When those techniques are transferred up a dimension, the results are gorgeous."

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  1. it see all time by extirpater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take LSD and sure you'll see 4th dimension.

  2. Simply imagine a space defined on R^N.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    then set N = 4....

  3. OT but another mathematics joke by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 5, Funny

    A physicist, and engineer, and a mathematician are sleeping in a hotel when fires break out in all their rooms. The physicist get up, does some quick calculations, and then gets the exact amount of water required to put the fire out, not a drop wasted. The engineer also does some calculations to work out the amount needed, then proceeds to flood most of the floor, to ensure that there is a sufficient tolerance for error. The mathematician wakes up, and does some extremely complex calculations but does them much quicker than the other two. He then exclaims "I have proven I can put the fire out!" and goes back to bed.

  4. Re:Scientology? by elronxenu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn straight.

  5. Re:Easy to see in four dimensions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool story bro