Art Meets Mathematics in the Fourth Dimension

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lipscomb, Stephen Leon (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Topology.; Social sciences.; Mathematics, general.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.; Mathematics in Art and Architecture.

To see objects that live in the fourth dimension we humans would need to add a fourth dimension to our three-dimensional vision. An example of such an object that lives in the fourth dimension is a hyper-sphere or “3-sphere”. The quest to imagine the elusive 3-sphere has deep historical roots: medie...