Re: Conlangs of mischief (Was: Re: I'm back!)

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:08:51PM +0000, Robert Hill wrote:
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> On Thursday 23 September 2004 23:41, H. S. Teoh wrote:
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> > Keep 'em comin'! ;-)
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> Beh, 4d conworlds are confusing enough for me, Teoh. Just throw a
> hypersphere.
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(Un)fortunately, the Ferochromon is not a 4D conworld. Actually, I
don't even know what to call it... it has several parts to it, the
tamest of which are the 3 sections that the Ebisédi live in, which are
approximately 3D Euclidean spaces. But even here, there are some
phenomena that can only happen if it's actually more than 3D. In other
words, unlike the well-behaved N-dimensional Euclidean spaces, the
Ferochromon is a very exotic, unusual place. It's not even
non-Euclidean space in the conventional sense (hyperbolic, parabolic,
spherical, etc.); it's a place where Terran geometrical methods are
only crude approximations.

I'd write more here, but this is grossly OT, so I won't continue
except off-list, and only if people are actually interested enough in
this crazy stuff to ask me.


T

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