The Electron's 3D Space and the Spin Tetrahedron

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The Electron's 3D Space

What is space?	Space is defined by at least four identical particles. In case of the atomic shell these particles are electrons. They sit at the corners of a tetrahedron. Here different visualization levels are presented. In the first, related electrons are shown equally colored. In the second their spin structure is presented. Then the two models are repeated in a less abstracted modus.
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The electron tetraeder	The pairs of related electrons have the same color. The two pairs are colored red and green. They sit on the corners of an invisible tetraeder.
The spin tetraeder	The two edges carrying related electrons are colored red and green. The other four edges of the tetraeder are invisible. There are two such pairs of electrons which sit on these two orthogonal edges. The electronic spin is indicated by little arms which indicate the spin direction. The spin axis are parallel for the electrons of one and the same edge, one electron having spin up , the other having spin down . The spin axis of the electrons of one edge are orthogonal to the spin axis of the other edge. The electrons are not shown in this representation.
Tetraeders made visible	In the above two representations, one may not easily recognize the tetraeder or may loose the orientation. To guide the visitor, the two representations are repeated, but with the contours of the tetraeders displayed:
The electron tetraeder made visible	The pairs of related electrons have the same color. The two pairs are colored red and green. They sit on the corners of a tetraeder.
The spin tetraeder made visible	The two edges carrying related electrons are colored red and green. There are two such pairs of electrons which sit on these two orthogonal edges. The electronic spin is indicated by little arms which indicate the spin direction. The spin axis are parallel for the electrons of one and the same edge, one electron having spin up , the other having spin down . The spin axis of the electrons of one edge are orthogonal to the spin axis of the other edge. The electrons are not shown in this representation.
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