He shakes his head. "I'm afraid not. It was never a focus of mine." How much did the average university professor know about five-space math? Hell if he knows, so better to feign only a basic understanding.

"Our jumps only take moments, but the travel to them isn't instantaneous." Somehow he manages not to make a face at the thought of the sensation of jumping lasting for months. He would go mad every time he had to travel anywhere. "There have been occasions of wormhole travel going wrong resulting in the loss of a ship, but it's hardly a factor if the route is known."

And he can only imagine the insanity that went into those that did blind wormhole jumps. Betans.