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2006-09-06 13:55:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

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The principle is expanded from the idea of a cube, as related to a square.

If a square has corners with two edges meeting at right angles and a cube has corners with three edges meeting at right angles, then a hyper-cube would have 4 edges meeting at each corner at right angles. This would require "4D" space.

The resulting structure is termed a "tesseract" ... look it up!

here's the wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract

2006-09-06 13:59:39 · answer #1 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 0 0

Start with a block of four dimensional clay. Roll it in the palms of your four dimensional hands until all points on its surface are equidistant from its center. At this point you have a hypersphere. The hypersphere can then be squished into a hypercube. Yes, this is possible (assuming you already have your four dimensional clay) and has been proved by Gregori Perelman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman when he solved the Poincare Conjecture and then declined the Fields Medal.

Press on your 4-clay hypersphere until the top and bottom are flat. Rotate 90 degrees and repeat three more times for the other six faces. When finished you should have a hypercube.

2006-09-07 01:03:58 · answer #2 · answered by selket 3 · 0 0

First ask someone who has a PHD in physics to give you a yr of his time. Then know that no one alive in this time can do it.

2006-09-06 21:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Tedi 5 · 0 0

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