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Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:39:56 -0800 (PST)

danny <calyk@aol> writes
: Im wondering, do the 10 dimensions include the 0 dimension,
: making 11 total? (0-point, 1-line, 2-plane, 3-d etc..)

If you like, but the "0 dimension" adds no dimensionality,
because it has no variation.

The Cartesian product of a line (d=1) and a line (d=1) is a plane (d=2).
The Cartesian product of a line (d=1) and a point (d=0) is a line (d=1).

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