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Understanding geometric shapes with spheres
1:15:21 - 1:20:10 (04:49)
The speaker explains how to conceptualize a sphere by thinking about it as an interval with circles attached to each point, and expands on this to explain how you can have a sphere times a sphere times a sphere.
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By borrowing examples from lower dimensions to build intuition, we can better understand higher dimensions.
1:15:21 - 1:17:57 (02:36)
Mathematics
Summary
By borrowing examples from lower dimensions to build intuition, we can better understand higher dimensions. Despite the limitations of drawing in two dimensions, we can still create useful representations of higher dimensional objects using our lower dimensional intuition.
ChapterUnderstanding geometric shapes with spheres
Episode#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker explains how to calculate the multiplication of spheres and demonstrates using circles as an example.
1:17:57 - 1:20:10 (02:12)
Mathematics
Summary
The speaker explains how to calculate the multiplication of spheres and demonstrates using circles as an example.