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#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries

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Pongkarei Conjecture

Pongkarei conjecture says that there's a very simple way to determine whether a three dimensional space is the standard one. The idea is that we perceive ourselves as living in, we don't say a threedimensional space, we just say three dimensional space. To see a three dimensional spaces whole, we'd have to kind of have four dimensional eyes, right? So we have to use our mathematical eyes, we have to envision. We'll together walk along the path of curiosity, but PongKarei conjecture.

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