From Pentagons to Pentagrams

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14 points | by surprisetalk 2 days ago

3 comments

  • fbu 1 hour ago
    The Great Dodecahedron is my favorite polyhedron, and it's possible to build one out of paper. Give it a try when you get a chance !

    https://www.polyhedra.net/en/model.php?name-en=great-dodecah...

  • red_trumpet 25 minutes ago
    The fact that f(L^2) is positive can be seen without inspecting coordinates: after all it is the length of e_i', hence positive.
  • yepyoukno 1 day ago
    Great article on stellated forms! I almost missed it due to the subtle unintuitive title!