Two-dimensional (2D) shapes are completely flat. They have two dimensions – length and width. A polygon is a closed 2D shape with straight sides that meet at vertices. Polygons can be regular or ...
When you look around the universe you live in, it looks like a 3D space, just like the surface of the Earth looks like a 2D ...
Through a field called geometric topology, mathematicians like me study all possible spaces in all dimensions. Whether trying to design secure sensor networks, mine data or use origami to deploy ...
However, just like the Earth, if you were to look at the universe as a whole, it could be a more complicated space, like a giant 3D version of the 2D beach ball surface or something even more exotic ...
The surface of the sphere and the plane are two possible 2D spaces, meaning you can walk in two directions: north and south or east and west. What other possible spaces might you be living on?
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