"By the way, only in dimension three and four do the exotic polyhedra such as the icosahedron and its four-dimensional cousin the 600-cell exist. This is a reflection of the fact that four-dimensional geometry is very special."
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Limitations
Sometimes I come across sentences I do not understand. Sometimes I could just go around, read and eventually get it. Sometimes I know it's going to be a lot harder. This one falls in the latter category
"By the way, only in dimension three and four do the exotic polyhedra such as the icosahedron and its four-dimensional cousin the 600-cell exist. This is a reflection of the fact that four-dimensional geometry is very special."
"By the way, only in dimension three and four do the exotic polyhedra such as the icosahedron and its four-dimensional cousin the 600-cell exist. This is a reflection of the fact that four-dimensional geometry is very special."
