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minus-squareBlackout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down1·25 days agoThere’s a third dimension now?
minus-squareNounsAndWords@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·25 days agoNot really, but it’s a useful assumption for lots of different types of maths.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-224 days agoQuaternions make a whole lot more sense when you imagine a third spatial axis and use them to rotate a hypothetical 3D object.
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoAs long as everything you imagine in 3D space is spherical
minus-squarequinceyBones@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-225 days agoYes, time is the third dimension.
minus-squareZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoYes, and now some bozos are even discussing a 4th dimension. Something to do with chess, I think.
There’s a third dimension now?
Not really, but it’s a useful assumption for lots of different types of maths.
Quaternions make a whole lot more sense when you imagine a third spatial axis and use them to rotate a hypothetical 3D object.
This is madness!!!
As long as everything you imagine in 3D space is spherical
Yes, time is the third dimension.
Always has been
Yes, and now some bozos are even discussing a 4th dimension. Something to do with chess, I think.