[ot] hypergeometry was Re: FT Combo: Super Carriers and FTL

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Andrew & Alex wrote:
> 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.

ok. good.

>     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.

doesn't generalise, though: we can't make a square by rolling up six
lines. we use four.

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

don't give variable names an initial capital. you'll go blind.

Tom