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From: rkl@ahuta.UUCP (k.laux)
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Subject: Re: Hyperhelp, please?
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 15:29:16 EST
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	The hypercube is a 4 dimensional construct, also known as a tesseract.
Unfolded into 3D space it looks like a stack of 4 cubes and has another 4
cubes attached to the 4 sides of the second cube from the bottom (or top,
whichever). In other words, picture a cross, then hang two cubes off of the
front and back. To fold the tesseract back up, one must fold the four hanging
cubes toward the first cube (short end), then make the 4th cube in the
stack circle around to the 1st cube and be attached there but with a half
twist. Got it? :-)

	Another way to look at it is to picture a small cube centered
within a larger cube where each corner of the small cube is connected to
the corresponding corner of the larger cube. All in all a hypercube is
8 cubes mangled through the 4th dimension.

				R. Kevin Laux
				Software Vendor Tech Support
				ATTIS Lincroft
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