Re: HyperCube (Diamond Explained)

In article <mar...@news.ricochet.net>,
"The Right Rev. Felix Roy Mariposa, Prophet" <mar...@ricochet.net>
waffles on
>In article <339...@garnet.fsu.edu>, Michael Naylor
><mna...@garnet.fsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> This is _not_ a diamond... this is a hypercube, a four-dimensional 
>> object.  It's a cube that's been stretched into another dimension.  
>
>> Michael 
>
>In article <juo...@g-grids.demon.co.uk>, salesman
><sal...@g-grids.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Your telling me you can se something in that other than a bunch of lines
>> ? wow. I can't see any 3-d'ness at all realy. Or 4-dimensioness. Hang on
>> .. isn't time the 4th dimension ?
>> -- 
>> Salesman's Warcraft 2 Page 
>> http://www.g-grids.demon.co.uk
>
>   The idea behind the hypercube is this: As in Mike's sig below, we can
>see a  three-dimensional cube in a collection of two-dimensional lines:
>
> ----       __  __ () _ _ __    __  _  _ __ __   ___ ___       o      
>| \_|_\    |  \/  |--| '(| =|  |  \| |/o \ " /|_/ O | O )        ()  o
>|_|_| |    |_\__/_|__|_|_|__|  |_|\__|_/\_|_|___|__/|_\_\     o_/||\/ 
> \|__\|  Michael Naylor, mna...@math.fsu.edu, (904) 644-8433   _/\_
>
>   So, by getting the angle right, we have the representation of a 3-D
>object in 2-D. By taking that logic a step further, it should be
>theoretically possible to make a four-dimensional object visible in a
>three-dimensional representation... if you can just get the angle right.
>
>   Yes, time is the fourth dimension - that's the paradox of the hypercube;
>it makes it supposedly possible to "see" time in three dimensions, which
>common sense tells us is absurd.
>
>   Back to ASCII art: how the hell are you supposed to have a 2-D ascii
>representation of a 3-D representation of a 4-D object? Sorry, Mike, I
>agree -- it looks like just a bunch of lines. To make an ASCII Hypercube...
>I don't think that's possible on a flat computer screen.

Well I just can't imagine what a 2-d (even a 3-d) representation of a 4-
d object would look like. (Even with normal art). If a hyber cube does
exist that makes you think you are seeing 3-d and time, I would love to
see a pic.

>
>   (But just my luck, Joan Stark's going to do it, post an ASCII hypercube,
>and I'll look like a fool.)
>
>FRM
>

-- 
Salesman's Warcraft 2 Page 
http://www.g-grids.demon.co.uk

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