Here I present: Mark Peterson, “Dante and the 3-Sphere”, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, December 1979.
INTRODUCTION.
Mark Peterson, “Dante and the 3-Sphere”, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, December 1979 is about the fourth dimension.
The depiction of a SPHERE versus a CUBE is visually problematic in the fourth dimension’.
Suspension of point, edge, square, cube, and hypercube (shown BELOW) are easy to visualize. The three (3) axis-of-right angles are visible.
Suspension of point, diameter, circle-circumference, sphere-surface, and hypersphere (shown BENEATH).
Viewing three (3) colors: red, green & blue separately we envision the 3-sphere (hypersphere).
COMMENTS.
“Aum” (ॐ) equals mc2
is a statement of the holy syllable in religions.
Mark Peterson, “Dante and the 3-Sphere”, 1979 representation of “elements” viewed as philosophy was discussed. The epic is earliest form of literature, originated in Prehistoric times, before the advent of writing. My view is that numerals, are syntactic elements’. Numerals are one (1) of ten (10) “parts of speech”: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, articles, and numerals. Dante using the epic genre is OK. Science fiction is a literary genre of numerals. The numbers are the essence of science fictions and scientific hypothesis.
The “Circles Dante Hell“ (shown ATOP) are listed BENEATH.
Circle 1. Limbo.
The souls of Pagans and the unbaptized wander the caves of Limbo in loneliness with desperation to meet God.
Circle 2. Lust.
The soul’s lust is endlessly blown and spiraling in the wind of a violent storm.
Circle 3. Gluttony.
Because of their cold nature, the souls of gluttony suffer the coldness of a of a ceaseless icy rain.
Circle 4. Greed.
The souls of greed are consumed in a pit of smelting gold, as they claw their way to escape, only to be swept back into the pit.
Circle 5. Anger.
An endless battle of wailing souls takes place on a murky swamp.
Circle 6. Heresy.
Souls are entrapped in a flaming pit, guarded by demons for those who attempt to escape.
Circle 7. Violence.
Those who possessed a thirst for violence are condemned to drown in a lake of boiling blood.
Circle 8. Fraud.
Souls are thrown into darkness, endlessly beaten and tortured by demons.
Circle 9. Treachery.
Satan is imprisoned in ice from the waist down in the very center of Circle (9), displayed as a trophy of treachery.
