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Old 17-06-2017, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Aaron Lowe
I would have assumed that the maths is relatively simple (just not my area of expertise). All a dimension is in math is a number. There are no limits on the quantities of dimensions that can be modelled.

Well, a dimension basically defines freedom of motion (1D allows 2 directions of motion... etc.), and can't be numerically valued unless a finite distance is specified, which necessitates a relationship between at least 2 points. When 2 points are specified we could assign the numeric value, 1.
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