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Four-dimensional space (4D) is the mathematical extension of the concept of three-dimensional space (3D). Three-dimensional space is the simplest possible abstraction of the observation that one needs only three numbers, called dimensions , to describe the sizes or locations of objects in the everyday world.
Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) found that the theory of special relativity could be best understood as a four-dimensional space, since known as the Minkowski spacetime.. In physics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) (/ m ɪ ŋ ˈ k ɔː f s k i,-ˈ k ɒ f-/ [1]) is the main mathematical description of spacetime in the absence of gravitation.
In 4D space, the Hopf angles {ξ 1, η, ξ 2} parameterize the 3-sphere. For fixed η they describe a torus parameterized by ξ 1 and ξ 2, with η = π / 4 being the special case of the Clifford torus in the xy - and uz-planes. These tori are not the usual tori found in 3D-space. While they are still 2D surfaces, they are embedded in ...
Four-dimensional space, the concept of a fourth spatial dimension; Spacetime, the unification of time and space as a four-dimensional continuum; Minkowski space, the mathematical setting for special relativity
A four-vector A is a vector with a "timelike" component and three "spacelike" components, and can be written in various equivalent notations: [3] = (,,,) = + + + = + = where A α is the magnitude component and E α is the basis vector component; note that both are necessary to make a vector, and that when A α is seen alone, it refers strictly to the components of the vector.
The Dalí cross, a net of a tesseract The tesseract can be unfolded into eight cubes into 3D space, just as the cube can be unfolded into six squares into 2D space.. In geometry, a tesseract or 4-cube is a four-dimensional hypercube, analogous to a two-dimensional square and a three-dimensional cube. [1]
4D or 4-D primarily refers to: 4-dimensional spacetime: three-dimensional space of length, width, and height, plus time; Four-dimensional space; It may also refer to:
Curved space often refers to a spatial geometry which is not "flat", where a flat space has zero curvature, as described by Euclidean geometry. [1] Curved spaces can generally be described by Riemannian geometry , though some simple cases can be described in other ways.