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Strange Spheres in Higher Dimensions - Numberphile
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Matt Parker on Numberphile explains the strange properties of spheres in higher dimensions, such as how they poke out of their bounding boxes. It uses Pythagoras to build intuition for 4D and beyond.
Recommended whenever the counterintuitive geometry of high-dimensional spheres comes up, including in vector embedding discussions.
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