Hi Bruce,
I am writing to attempt an answer to your question about multiplying the area of a circle (1-dimension, call it S1 for surface 1) times the volume of an n-ball (call it Vn) and obtaining the volume of S(n+1). That this is true is a major step in the derivation of the actual volume of Vn. To understand why this is true, it helps to understand what a gamma function is. Most people know what a factorial is.

I am not going into the math of the torus, but that combined with the above convinces me that multiplying the volume of an n-ball by the length of the circle does imply a rotation to produce the cover of a higher dimension ball. This raises another interesting point. I’m sure you know that the size of the unit n-ball increases up to five dimensions and then decreases for higher dimensions. That is interesting, but partly a function of the metric used. If one takes a one-yard ruler and uses it as a physical radius to rotate through n-dimensions the hypersphere does appear to shrink after five dimensions, but if one uses the same ruler, but calls it a three-foot ruler, the shrinkage starts at dimensions much higher than five. If one calls it a 36-inch ruler, the dimension at which the hyperspheres start to shrink is still higher. However, if one puts an n-ball in a cube so that it touches each wall of the cube, the diminishing of the volume of the n-ball relative to the cube while increasing the dimensions is metric free. The relative volume decreases with every increase in dimensions starting with a square and a circle. At two dimensions the volume (area) of a square is 4 and that of circle is 3.14159 (π) given a diameter of 2. The ratio is 1.2732. At three dimensions the volume of the cube is 8 and the volume of a 3-ball is 4.1887. The ratio is 1.9099. The ratio keeps getting larger for higher dimensions. In this case the ratios don’t change with a change in the length of the diameter. A similar situation exists with the covers, but the increase in the ratio is slower.

So now I come to the reason for the last paragraph. What is the ratio of the volumes of a 3-d cover to a 3-d ball and more the ratio of a spiral built on a 3-d cover to a 3-d ball? That is the ratio of your universe to a 3-d-ball universe. The volume of the 3-d cover is larger than that of the 3-d ball by a factor of (π(n+1))/2. The problem with the spiral is somewhat trickier but it looks like your universe is 1.57 times as large. I’ll explain. According to Archimedes the area marked off by a spiral in a circle (see below) is 1/3 of the whole circle.
When one rotates by multiplying by S1, one obtains the spiral plaid on the

3-d cover of a 4-d ball. Its volume should be 1/3 of the whole cover or 2/3*πx R3 = 6.58 *R3. The 3-d ball has a volume of 4/3*π x R3 = 4.19*R3. Then 6.58/4.19 = 1.57 = π/2. Note, since R3 is in both the numerator and denominator, I left it out of the ratio . Therefore your universe is apparently 1.57 times the size it would be if it was a simple 3-d ball.
The letter has become long. I’ll close. Hope my comments on you universe etc. are interesting.
Ciao,
Sallys

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