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Old May 20th 06, 12:45 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default Adding a Dimension (Tricky)


G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:
nightbat I can't find my post "Universe,and the onion" Could I
relate the rings of an onion having each ring a dimension. Is the
center of an onion a "point"? Is the center of a black hole a "point"?
Is the center of the universe a "point"? Does a point have more than
one dimension?



A point has no dimension. It is a concept from geometry:

"A point is that which has no part." - Euclid

"The description of a point, "that which has no part," indicates that
Euclid will be treating a point as having no width, length, or breadth,
but as an indivisible location."

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/jav...okI/defI1.html


How does the shape of a string create so many more
dimensions in the submicroscopic realm? Was the universe created out of
the realm of one dimension? Tricky stuff Go figure
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