Editing Wormhole (section)

== Visualization technique ==
For a simplified notion of a wormhole, [[space]] can be visualized as a two-dimensional surface. In this case, a wormhole would appear as a hole in that surface, lead into a [[Three-dimensional space|3D]] tube (the inside surface of a [[cylinder]]), then re-emerge at another location on the 2D surface with a hole similar to the entrance. An actual wormhole would be analogous to this, but with the spatial dimensions raised by one. For example, instead of circular holes on a [[2D plane]], the entry and exit points could be visualized as spherical holes in [[3D space]] leading into a four-dimensional "tube" similar to a [[spherinder]].{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Another way to imagine wormholes is to take a sheet of paper and draw two somewhat distant points on one side of the paper. The sheet of paper represents a plane in the [[Spacetime|spacetime continuum]], and the two points represent a distance to be traveled, but theoretically, a wormhole could connect these two points by folding that plane (⁠''i.e.'' the paper) so the points are touching. In this way, it would be much easier to traverse the distance since the two points are now touching.{{cn|date=February 2025}}