20 Jun 2012, 1:16 pm
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20 Jun 2012, 1:23 pm
Ah, okay then. Thank you for refreshing my memory. 
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20 Jun 2012, 1:26 pm
Not a problem! 
What sane vampire would work in a pencil factory (wooden stakes!) and complain to the Watch?
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20 Jun 2012, 5:08 pm
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20 Jun 2012, 5:21 pm
Well spotted!
In my experience, many mathematicians do occasionally refer to "n^4" as "n tesseracted", in a jokey sort of way. I've certainly done it before.
Other mathematicians go in the opposite direction - if they can't give a special name to every member of an infinite list, they don't bother to give a special name to any of them. For example, these mathematicians might just say "n to the 2" instead of "n squared", and in extreme cases they have been known to refer to a square as a "2-cube". I'm pretty sure I once heard someone refer to a line segment as a "1-cube", but madness lies in that direction.
Ah, interesting. So then n^1 must be n-line segmented!
I'd rather say "n-tesseracted" because frankly, it's a lot more fun than if I just said "n to the fourth power".
Referring to a line segment as a "1-cube" does sound rather odd, however.
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09 Jul 2012, 6:52 pm
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09 Jul 2012, 6:56 pm
09 Jul 2012, 6:57 pm
It hurt? 
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09 Jul 2012, 7:12 pm
I wish I could say it didn't.
When I do take organic chem... I'm going to have a bad time.
09 Jul 2012, 7:14 pm
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09 Jul 2012, 7:19 pm
That would probably make things a lot easier, yes.
09 Jul 2012, 7:22 pm
I wish my room was organized by more dimensions other than that of time. There are sp3 pieces scattered EVERYWHEN.
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09 Jul 2012, 7:29 pm
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09 Jul 2012, 8:21 pm
It has to work perfectly or we'll all die!
10 Jul 2012, 6:00 am
BACK ON TOPIC PEOPLE!! !! 
