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> favorite obscure polyhedron (the rhombic dodecahedron) Obscure? Come on! The rhombic dodecahedron is the Voronoi cell of the FCC lattice, making it (arguably
by jacobolus 8y ago
> favorite obscure polyhedron (the rhombic dodecahedron)
Obscure? Come on! The rhombic dodecahedron is the Voronoi cell of the FCC lattice, making it (arguably) the most natural 3-dimensional analog of the hexagon. It shows up all over the place!
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- DonHopkins 8y agoI'd enjoy reading some more character analysis of obscure polyhedra. The Dodecahedron was the most multifaceted character in The Phantom Tollbooth! https://www.shmoop.com/phantom-tollbooth/dodecahedron.html https://www.shmoop.com/phantom-tollbooth/dodecahedron.html http://teacherwifey.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-phantom-tollbooth-dodecahedron.html http://teacherwifey.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-phantom-tollboo...
- MrEldritch 8y agoIt's "obscure" to me (and also my favorite) because I had never even heard of it before I tried to find out what the most natural 3-dimensional analog of the hexagon was. :)
- jacobolus 8y agoAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_conjecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_conjecture