Re: FT Combo: Super Carriers and FTL

Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@university-college.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
>is that right? how many sides *does* a hypercube have?
    A hypercube has six cube faces.
    Imagine making a normal cube from paper. Six squares arranged in a
cross
folded up through the third dimension form a cube.
    Then six cubes arranged in a cross folded up through the fourth
dimension form a hyper cube.

>whose brain is turning inside out trying to think 4d
    Another way to visualise N dimensions:
0D    A point.
1D    Move point to form a line.
2D    Move line to form a plane.
3D    Move plane to form a solid.
4D    Move solid (eg through time) to form a hyper solid.
Alternatively, roll up three dimensions to form a point, then move the
3D
point to form a 4D line. Caution - requires godlike powers in reality.
5D    Move 4D line to form a 5D plane.
6D    Move 5D plane to form a 6D solid.
7D    Roll up previous dimensions to form a point, then move the 6D
point to
form a 7D line.
8D    Move 7D line to form a 8D plane.
9D    Move 8D plane to form a 9D solid.
and so on.

or:

Referencing a nine dimensional array in a computer language:
NineDimensionArray[a][b][c][d][e][f][g][h][i];

Andrew Martin
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