This interlocking tripartite state, seen in the Vid is also reminiscent in a broader sense of the Borromean ring topology. Good write-up on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_rings
The flexible gear set is really a dynamical Borromean ring, no? That dynamical state can be considered 4D is time is a dimension…. as for another spatial dimension (not time) the last part of the Wiki piece talks about the quantum-mechanical analog of Borromean rings- called an Efimov state… As for why QM can be described as both 4D and 1D merged together - that is fodder for another thread. From: Bob Higgins This is a nice video and definitely worth watching. You asked about interlocking gears in 4D. One of the gear mechanisms that operates in 2D that seems to use time as well is the Geneva mechanism. It may be possible that the Geneva mechanism could be expanded to 3 coupled "gears" while existing in 2D because it uses time. H LV wrote: This video shows how three interlocking gears in 2-D cannot turn each other, but three interlocking gears in 3-D can. Some of the commentators wondered if interlocking gears could work in 4-D? I did a quick google search and could not find anything on the concept of gears in 4-D. It would be interesting to know if the question has been explored mathematically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mf0JpTI_gg Harry
