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bmitc ◴[] No.41833078[source]
Actually, the most counterintuitive is 4-dimensional space. It is rather mathematically unique, often exhibiting properties no other dimension does.
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NL807 ◴[] No.41833346[source]
>often exhibiting properties no other dimension does.

Isn't that true for some other dimensions as well? There is a whole much of mathematical concepts that is constrained for a specific dimension. For example the cross product only makes sense in 3D. The perpendicular dot product (a special case of the determinant) only makes sense in 2D.

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1. immibis ◴[] No.41835169[source]
Apparently there's also a 7D cross product - and no others!