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Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from?

Newsgroups sci.physics
Date 2016-06-26 01:04 -0700
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Subject Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from?
From "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com>

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On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 6:02:58 PM UTC+3, Sergio wrote:
> On 6/24/2016 9:38 AM, Michael J. Strickland wrote:
> > On 8 May 2016 11:47:41 GMT, 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from?
> > ...
> >
> > I recently considered that maybe the three dimensions are just human
> > (Descarte) made mathematical constructs.
> 
> > We could easily number all locations in a cubical area with one
> > coordinate starting at top left, near and progressing to bottom, right
> > , far.
> 
> > Granted it would require revamping a lot of our mathematics (e.g. the
> > distance formula), but it seems it would be just as valid as the
> > cartesian coordinates we now use.
> >
> 
> 
> you can switch from that old x,y,z system to modern Cylindrical 
> coordinate system, or Spherical coordinate system simply using 
> translation, no problem.
> 
> why put up with plain old 3 distances, when you can have 2 angles and a 
> distance ?
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not enough!
may be  + -  3 direction distance
+ -  two directions of rotation ?
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how about that ??
TIA
Y.Porat
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Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2016-06-24 10:38 -0400
  Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-24 10:02 -0500
    Re: Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2016-06-25 01:29 -0400
      Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-25 15:01 -0500
    Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 01:04 -0700
  Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-24 16:15 +0000
    Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-06-24 17:24 -0400
      Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-24 22:03 +0000
        Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-06-24 18:25 -0400
          Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-24 22:44 +0000
    Re: Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2016-06-25 01:33 -0400
      Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-25 15:44 +0000
        Re: Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Michael J. Strickland <michael06582@comcast.net> - 2016-06-26 15:34 -0400
          Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-27 09:06 -0500
  Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-25 16:45 -0500
    Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-25 22:44 +0000
      Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-25 16:10 -0700
      Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-25 18:25 -0500
        Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-06-25 21:08 -0500
          Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-25 21:58 -0500
          TripolarS from ... wTf are you from, any way noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 16:53 -0700
            Re: TripolarS from ... wTf are you from, any way noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2016-06-26 21:10 -0700
        Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-26 02:04 +0000
          Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-25 22:28 -0500
            Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-26 04:49 +0000
              Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-26 11:23 -0500
                Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-06-26 17:33 +0000
                Re: Where did the 3 geometric dimensions come from? ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-06-26 13:13 -0500

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