It seems to be from the pattern. Ian looked down at what he'd written. It might explain the size of the room being precisely 14.

Ian shrugged. The equation could be describing any object inside or outside of the room.

Ian looked up when the papers came. He'd seen these before. Like the last time he wasn't in a position where he could refuse to sign them. He signed the papers reluctantly before going back to the equation.

These need to be graphed in 3 dimensional space. The vectors might explain more once they are mapped.