2021/10/01 by Eryk Kopczyński, Kopczyński, Eryk, Dorota Celińska-Kopczyńska +1
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques #Data Visualization and Analytics #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Mathematics #Geometric Topology (math.GT) #Graphics (cs.GR) #Topological and Geometric Data Analysis #cs.GR #math.GT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2110.00327
arxiv created 2021/10/01 · openalex publication_date 2021/10/01 · arxiv updated 2021/10/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Higher-dimensional spaces are ubiquitous in applications of mathematics. Yet, as we live in a three-dimensional space, visualizing, say, a four-dimensional space is challenging. We introduce a novel method of interactive visualization of higher-dimensional grids, based on hyperbolic geometry. In our approach, visualized objects are adjacent on the screen if and only if they are in adjacent cells of the grid. Previous attempts do not show the whole higher-dimensional space at once, put close objects in distant parts of the screen, or map multiple locations to the same point on the screen; our solution lacks these disadvantages, making it applicable in data visualization, user interfaces, and game design.