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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Jun 1997.
Re: HyperCube (Diamond Explained)

Re: HyperCube (Diamond Explained)

In article <339...@garnet.fsu.edu>, Michael Naylor
<mna...@garnet.fsu.edu> waffles on
>I was 'thumbing' through Scarecrow's collection, and came across this.  
>This is _not_ a diamond... this is a hypercube, a four-dimensional 
>object.  It's a cube that's been stretched into another dimension.  
>(Didn't draw it, just setting the record straight).
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael 
>
>
>[I believe this next one is a diamond.]
>    _________
>   /|\     /|\
>  / |  \ /  | \
> /__|__/ \__|__\
>|\  |  | |  |  /|
>| \ |----|--| / |
>| /\-\---|---/\ |
>|/_____|\|_____\|
> \  |  \ /  |  /
>  \ |  / \  | /
>   \|/     \|/
>    --------
>

I just spent a few secs staring at this realy hard, and I can quite
clearly see 4 cube shapes (like the ones in mikes sig), but I don't see
how this represents 4-d. To me it represents 4-cubes-overlapping-each-
other-bit :)
-- 
Salesman's Warcraft 2 Page 
http://www.g-grids.demon.co.uk

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Subject: Re: HyperCube (Diamond Explained)
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