Geometry of the fourth dimension (1984)

Movie №39730, 1 part, Duration: 0:09:59
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Studio Sverdlovsk newsreel studio

Annotation:

The painting gives an idea of one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional space, talks about the fourth dimension, and shows the construction of a hypercube.

Reel №1

Cartoon explaining four-dimensional space through the characters of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.

The concept of the dimension of a point.

One-dimensional space.

A straight line in one-dimensional space, in addition to zero-dimensional objects - points, contains one-dimensional segments.

A moving ball for a one-dimensional observer manifests itself only through a section.

Passing through a straight line, the ball cuts out a point, a segment, a point.

Two-dimensional space.

A plane, in addition to zero-dimensional and one-dimensional objects, contains two-dimensional figures.

And here the ball manifests itself through a section - a point, a circle, a point.

We make a two-dimensional Alice from flat figures.

Two-dimensional Alice will not get out of the circle, three-dimensional Alice will.

Three-dimensional space.

A moving ball, a plane and a changing circle cut out by the ball.

Three-dimensional Alice in a ball.

The fourth dimension.

A cartoon explaining, using the image of Alice, the manifestation of four-dimensional objects through their three-dimensional projections and sections.

The projection of a four-dimensional ball (hypersphere) will be an ordinary ball.

If a four-dimensional ball passes through three-dimensional space, it appears as an ordinary ball, the radius of which first increases and then decreases to zero.

Hypercube.

When a point moves in a straight line, a one-dimensional segment appears.

When the segment moves, we get a two-dimensional square.

A flat square sweeps out a volumetric body - a cube.

The volumetric body, moving out of three-dimensional space, generates a four-dimensional hypercube.

The image uses the image of the Cheshire cat.

Hypercube projections.

If a cube is projected onto a plane, illuminating the skeleton of the cube from a point, we get a square in a square.

By analogy, the projection of a hypercube will be a cube in a cube.

Hypercube sections.

When a hypercube passes through a straight line, its sections will be segments of varying length.

Flat sections - point, triangle, hexagon, triangle, point.

Sections of a hypercube are convex polyhedrons.

The developments of the boundaries of a square, cube, and four-dimensional cube are shown.

Formulas for describing geometric objects.

A mathematical image of a hypercube.

Using the image of Alice to explain the use of the fourth coordinate in a mathematical formula.

Images of Alice and the use of the fourth coordinate - time.

In various fields of science and technology, problems arise that lead to multidimensional space.

Images of various spaces.

Cheshire cat.

Sphinx.

Keywords

Hyperball, hypercube, One-dimensional space, Two-dimensional space, Three-dimensional space, Four-dimensional space, Sections, Geometric shapes

Persons:

Lewis Carroll

Chronicle Subjects:

MathematicsScience

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