Sum of the angles in 4D coordinates system

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The discussion focuses on the sum of angles in various dimensional coordinate systems, specifically 2D, 3D, and 4D. In 2D, the sum of angles in the quadrants is 360 degrees. In 3D, considering three planes (x,y), (y,z), and (x,z), the total is calculated as 1080 degrees. For the 4D coordinate system, using Minkowski's formulation, the proposed sum of angles across six planes (x,y), (y,z), (z,ct), (x,ct), (y,ct), and (x,z) is suggested to be 2160 degrees, with a reference to the solid angle of a hypersphere in 4D Euclidean geometry being 2π².

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Case 1
In 2D coordinate system the sum of the angles of all quadrants=360
degree
in (x,y) plane
Case 2
In 3D coordinate system (x,y,z) I took 3 possible planes

i.e.
(x,y) (y,z) (x,z)
each plane provides angle of 360 degree, so can we say that in 3D coordinate system sum of all quadrants is 1080?
Because
(x,y) gives 360
(y,z) gives 360
(x,z) gives 360
so their sum is 1080 degree
Case 3
And in 4d spacetime the distance formula according to Minkowski formulation is
s^2=x^2+y^2+z^2-(ct)^2
Where c is speed of light and t is time and ct also has the dimension length
like other coordinates.
so can I deal it as a 4D coordinate system
(x,y,z,ct)
all possible planes are
(x,y) (y,z) (z,ct) (x,ct) (y,ct) (x,z)
so can we say,
sum of all quadrants in 4D coordinate system is 2160 degree?
Because each plane provides 360 degree
& there are 6 planes.
Three of them belong to 3D and 3 belong to space and time.
Can I deal these coordinates in this way.
 
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The angle of a circle is 2pi radians in 2D Euclidean geometry. The solid angle of a sphere is 4pi steradians in 3D Euclidean geometry. The "solid" angle of a hypersphere is 2pi² (hyperradians?) in 4D Euclidean geometry. I don't know about a hypersphere in Minkowski geometry.
 
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A hypersphere in Minkowski geometry is going to be some higher-dimensional analogue of a hyperboloid; therefore its solid "angle" is infinite.
 

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