The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry
    (Last modified: Friday, November 30, 2012, 10:53 AM )



    • The popularization of the 4th Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry
    • Lower Dimensions-Flatland and Lineland
    • Thinking about the Fourth Dimension and the Hypercube
    • Projecting the hypercube onto two dimensions
    • Unfolding the hypercube (plus some art!)
    • Similarities between depicting 4D objects, and Picasso's style
    • Metzinger, Gris, and Gleizes
    • Marcel Duchamp
    • Max Weber
    • Euclid's 5 postulates
    • A few examples of artists inspired by non-Euclidean geometry



    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Science Center, Room 101A
    Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
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