Tesseract (English)
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Definition (undergraduate level)
A four-dimensional object; it is analogous to a cube. The 'volume' of a tesseract with edge length x is x4.
It has 16 vertices, 32 edges, 24 faces and 8 cells; the cells are cubes. Its dual is the 16-cell. It can be used to tessellate four-dimensional space.
The dual of the tesseract is the 16-cell.
It has 16 vertices, 32 edges, 24 faces and 8 cells; the cells are cubes. Its dual is the 16-cell. It can be used to tessellate four-dimensional space.
The dual of the tesseract is the 16-cell.
Relations
- broader:
- (en) 4-polytope
- (en) Hypercube
- (en) Object in 4 or more dimensions
- references:
- (en) Cell
- referenced:
- (en) 16-cell
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