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For most of the uses posited in the article, it seems like icosohedra (coincidentally, the dual of the dodecahedron) would have made more sense. After all, if
by actually_a_dog 5y ago
For most of the uses posited in the article, it seems like icosohedra (coincidentally, the dual of the dodecahedron) would have made more sense. After all, if 12 pairs of opposite faces are good, wouldn't 20 be better?
- nathias 5y ago12 is better, it's special - the lowest superior highly composite number
- actually_a_dog 5y agoHow would that matter for any of the uses suggested in the article? 12 and 20 have the same number of divisors.
- nathias 5y agousing it as a base makes it so you aren't dealing with fractional values that much, and a lot of other neat properties ...
- kzrdude 5y agoPentagonal faces are rounder and work better with holes that way