Re: Third dimension...

On 2007-10-31 12:52:01 -0400, "jay1bala@xxxxxxx" <jay1bala@xxxxxxx> said:

On Oct 31, 10:28 am, David W. Cantrell <DWCantr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is to the third dimension as a point is to the first dimension and as
a line is to the second dimension?

As I noted in my original response, the answer should be "plain" to see.

David


Well put. Now ... borrowing that...

What is to the fourth dimension
as a point is to the first dimension,
as a line is to the second dimension and
as a plain is to the third dimension?

Regards,
Jay Bala.

The answer is an affine linear subspace of codimension 1 a.k.a. a hyperplane.

This answer also works for all your other analogies in this pattern too.

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-kira

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