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The One Secret Scientists And Mathematicians Don't Want You To Know About The Most Important Number (sopuli.xyz)
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Most people think that in three dimensions the number 1 looks like the incorrect version drawn on the bottom right.

In fact it has been proven that the number 1 in three dimensional view actually has a planar base that extends in two dimensions from the stem of the 1.

Don't take my word for it, try it for yourself at home!

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact: this also applies to the fourth spatial dimension. If you take a 3D "slice" of the 4D point where the base meets the stem, the resulting 3D form will be a cube.

Also, the descender is actually a cone revolving around the W axis.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a reference for this?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

No, this is from my research notes I wrote myself.

[–] fraksken 1 points 2 weeks ago

42?