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Third dimension

 
 
sam1978
 
Reply Sun 23 Jul, 2006 03:58 am
Question: why mathematics does not take in consideration third dimension?
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Brandon9000
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jul, 2006 04:00 am
Why do you think it doesn't? There's all kinds of mathematics dealing with three independent variables, e.g. vector analysis.
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sam1978
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jul, 2006 04:11 am
Third dimension
Does third dimension necessarily means three varialbes?
I want to see a repertoir x,y,z not x , y axes like the gallelian repertoir.
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Heliotrope
 
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Reply Sun 23 Jul, 2006 04:54 am
Well if it didn't mean dealing with threee independent vaiables how are you going to handle 3 dimensions with only two variables ?
That I would like to see.

Perhaps a little thought before posting might not have gone amiss.
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Brandon9000
 
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Reply Mon 24 Jul, 2006 05:59 am
Re: Third dimension
sam1978 wrote:
Does third dimension necessarily means three varialbes?
I want to see a repertoir x,y,z not x , y axes like the gallelian repertoir.

What do you mean by "gallelian" and "repertoir?"
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ebrown p
 
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Reply Thu 27 Jul, 2006 09:40 am
I know that there are three dimensions in my little cubicle here... but I can't tell you which of these dimensions is the "third" one.

I can do any number of matematical calculations based on one dimension (i.e. measure the distance between two points on my desk) or I can pick two dimensions (any two) and measure the area.

I can measure the area of my desk surface (which involves two measurements over two dimensions) or I can measure the area of my wall (i.e. two different measurements over two different dimensions).

I can also, by making three mesurements over three different dimensions figure out the entirely insufficient volume of this tiny space I am sitting in. This would be a calculation in three dimensions.

Of course calculations in one dimension require a lot less work than calculations in three dimensions. I would much prefer to do one-dimensional calculations which may explain why the problems you are given to solve tend to favor one and two dimensions.
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