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From: tda10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Tim)
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Subject: Line: Projection of a tesseract
Date: 10 Jun 1994 13:07:45 -0500
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In article <2t8pmi$oas@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison writes:

|> [I believe this next one is a diamond.]
|>     _________
|>    /|\     /|\
|>   / |  \ /  | \
|>  /__|__/ \__|__\
|> |\  |  | |  |  /|
|> | \ |----|--| / |
|> | /\-\---|---/\ |
|> |/_____|\|_____\|
|>  \  |  \ /  |  /
|>   \ |  / \  | /
|>    \|/     \|/
|>     --------

I think this is meant to be a projection of a tesseract, the 4D equivalent of
the cube.  It consists of 8 cubes, each joined to 6 others by their faces.

A more common, but less symetric projection is:
         _________
      ,' |      //|
    ,____|____/ / |
   |  \  |___|,/  | 
   |   \/____||   |
   |   |    |||   |
   |   |    |||___|
   |   |____||'  /
   |  /     \| ,'
   |/________|/

Tim
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