Wouldn't the fourth dimension all lead back to a point?

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Wouldn't the fourth dimension all lead back to a point?

Postby Lauren » Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:38 pm

if you take a cube and join it together with another cube, wouldn't it be impossible to join them all together so all sides are all touching, unless you condense it so much that it would be a point again?
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Postby Geosphere » Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:39 pm

It is impossible in our space. But once you go to a point, it has no dimension whatsoever, and cannot define tetraspace.
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Postby Jay » Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:41 pm

It is impossible to do within the confinement of 3d space. You need a 4th spatial dimension to do it. In 2d space, it's impossible to make two squares touch at all points w/o smushing them down to a single point, but in 3d space, you can. :D
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Postby Lauren » Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:42 pm

thanks for clearing that up
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