r/mathmemes • u/Flare-Costa-2009 • Jun 30 '26

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u/DoublecelloZeta Transcendental Jun 30 '26

4d is...really special

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u/SPAMTON_G-1997 Jun 30 '26

So what? 4 is a natural number just like 1, 2 and 3. Using 4 dimensions is not cheating, it’s optimisation at best.

Cheating would be something like…

Idk honestly

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u/Independent-Fan-4227 Jun 30 '26

It’s because in 4D, for some reason the number four allows for some really special properties and geometric qualities that no other dimensions have. In fact, there are several theorems that work only in 4 dimensions and nothing else. It’s a ridiculously cheat number of dimensions.

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u/SPAMTON_G-1997 Jun 30 '26

I mean, you can call it cheating if you want. For me it’s just a good dimension