Adrian Ocneanu, professor of mathematics at Penn State, has designed a stainless steel sculpture depicting a 3-dimensional projection of a 4-dimensional “octacube”. The massive sculpture was fabricated by Penn State’s Engineering Services Shop.
I don’t personally subscribe to the idea of a strictly spatial 4th dimension — but who am I to say either way, much less criticize a brilliant piece of artistic engineering. Maybe once I get my PhD in mathematics I’ll try and cross swords with these guys — for now:
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