Dimensions

[genius101]

Hi ya, just hoping someone can help me with the following 2 questions

How many dimensions does a point have?

What is the next shape in the sequence; Point, Circle, Sphere?

I am greatful to whoever can answer this I have searched the net but seem to find everything else to do with Dimensions but these answers - ta

[Dinkypuzzled]

A point has no dimension.

[TeeGee]

Mathematically, a point has no dimension, just position, x, y, z coordinates. As it has no dimension it cannot grow.

[genius101]

If a point has no dimension, a circle is 2 dimensional and a sphere 3d - isnt the next dimension normally time in which case what would the next one in the sequence be?

[Muffet]

I wouldn't think a point had any dimensions. It's just a position. If it's a dot, that's different.

As for the other, there's something called a hypersphere, but I don't know whether that's your answer.

[Muffet]

Just an afterthought, and sorry for confusing things, but taking the sequence in the opposite direction, we wouldn't go from a sphere to a circle, then to something unmeasurable. So maybe the 'point' is in fact an infinitesimally small dot, and the dimensions would then be those of an infinitesimally small disc. What do they mean by 'point'?

[yapisle]

glome noun [George Olshevsky] -

Four-dimensional hypersphere. Defined as all points a distance r away from a center point, in four dimensions. It is the tetraspace analog of the circle in planespace and the sphere in realmspace. Its solid version is the gongyl.

(in Tetraspace)

[yapisle]

as a matter of interest -

which publication is this question in?

[genius101]

It's in the Independant, actually quite a challenging quiz hence my need for help!!!

[yapisle]

is glome okay?