hypersphere
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“Dante has invented a new topological space, the 3-sphere,” or hypersphere, mathematician Mark Peterson noted in an analysis.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2019
There are astronomers in each galaxy, and the light they see is also trapped on the curved surface of the hypersphere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Sometime after the expansion begins, galaxies condense and are carried outward on the surface of the hypersphere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The hypersphere is expanding from a point, like a four-dimensional balloon being inflated, creating in every instant more space in the universe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Increase all dimensions by one, and you have the situation that may apply to us: the universe as a four-dimensional hypersphere with no center and no edge, and nothing beyond.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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