Dimensions in Physics and Mathematics
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What is the dimension of a line in mathematical space?

  • 4D
  • 1D (correct)
  • 3D
  • 2D
  • How many dimensions does the inside of a sphere have?

  • 1D
  • 3D (correct)
  • 4D
  • 2D
  • What is the dimension of a two-dimensional Euclidean space on the plane?

  • 4D
  • 1D
  • 2D (correct)
  • 3D
  • In classical mechanics, how many dimensions are space and time considered to be?

    <p>4D</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In mathematics, the dimension of an object is defined as:

    <p>The number of coordinates needed to define the position of a point constrained to be on the object</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Minkowski space first approximate in the universe?

    <p>Spacetime without gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the dimension of a point in mathematics?

    <p>Zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which notion leads to the definition of Minkowski dimension and Hausdorff dimension?

    <p>Covering a fixed ball in En by small balls of radius ε</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the boundary of a ball in En look like locally?

    <p>En-1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do mathematicians express the fact that a tesseract has four dimensions?

    <p>'The tesseract has dimension 4'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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