What methods are used to visualize a 4-dimensional Array?

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Published on 2010-05-14T14:33:44Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 14:44 UTC
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An Array ( a row of elements ):

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A 2-D Array ( a table ):

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A 3-D Array:

//Imagine the above table as a cube ( a table with depth )

How does one visualize a 4-D array?

The closest I can come is multiple cubes, so for int[,,,] [5,10,2,7] would be cube 5, row 10, column 2, layer(depth) 7.

I'm not sure if this is the best way to visualize a 4-D array, though... and I'm not sure it's the best way to teach it... however it does have the advantage of being extensible ( a row cubes, a table of cubes, a cube of cubes ( 6-d array )

Cubes through time is another way that I can think of it.

Am I on the right track here?

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