Consider what happens when a vertex of one tetrahedron pierces the face of a second tetrahedron to form a new, more complicated polyhedron. In the resulting geometric form, one triangular face has a ...
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Flat hexagons and pentagons come together in new twist on old polyhedra In the latest verse of a centuries-old mathematical refrain, scientists have figured a way to iron out the wrinkles in a large ...
Until today, scientists only knew of three classes of 3 dimensional solids. Now they’ve got a fourth. This new flavor of shapes are called Goldberg polyhedrons, and they are the first new class of ...
COLLEGEVILLE — A Benedictine monk known for his mathematics prowess and stunning polyhedron art died Friday at the retirement center at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville. The Rev. Magnus Wenninger, who ...
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