Rotating Icosidodecahedral Shell

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Rotating Icosidodecahedral Shell

Website where you can try the software used to create this image: http://www.software3d.com/stella.php

I bought this program, Stella 4d, years ago, and have never regretted it. It is one of the most powerful tools available for doing work at the intersection of art and mathematics.

Op Art Pentagrams

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Op Art Pentagrams

Icosidodecahedral Nulloid

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Icosidodecahedral Nulloid

Like all nulloids, this has zero volume. It may be seen as six intersecting, regular decagons. Some consider nulloids a subset of polyhedra; others do not.

I made this using Stella 4d, which you can find at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Cuboctahedral Nulloid

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Cuboctahedral Nulloid

Like all nulloids, this has zero volume. It may be seen as four intersecting, regular hexagons. Some consider nulloids a subset of polyhedra; others do not.

I made this using Stella 4d, which you can find at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Faceted Icosidodecahedron

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Faceted Icosidodecahedron

Check out http://www.software3d.com/stella.php to try the software used to make this image.

Triangles, and the Circles for Which Their Sides Are Diameters

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triangle diameter circles

As you can see, these circles intersect on the sides of the triangles. I did not expect that, nor have I proven it. I have moved the triangle around to check to see if this remained true, and it did pass this test. If I can figure out a proof for this, I’ll post it; if one exists already, please post a comment letting me know where to find it.

Later edit: I found out that these points of intersection are the altitude feet. Here’s a diagram showing the lines containing the altitudes, meeting at the orthocenter. These blue lines also contain the angle bisectors of the brown triangle defined by the altitude feet.

triangle diameter circles

Dodecahedral Cluster of Icosahedra

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Dodecahedral Cluster of Icosahedra

If you are interested in the history of this polyhedral cluster, please see the previous two posts. Also, here’s another color scheme for it:

Icosahedrally Augmented Tetrahedra 5

These images were produced using Stella 4d, software you can find at www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Cluster of Octahedra

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Cluster of Octahedra

This cluster was formed by putting an octahedron of the same color on each face of the compound of five tetrahedra, seen in the previous post.

In the next post, each outermost face will be augmented with an icosahedron of the same color.

This image was produced using Stella 4d, software you can find at www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

The Compound of Five Tetrahedra

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The Compound of Five TetrahedraWhat would happen if each face in this compound were to be augmented by an octahedron of the same color? To find out, just see the next post!

I produced this image using Stella 4d, software you can find at www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Polyhedron Featuring Triskelions

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Polyhedron Featuring Triskelions

I was surfing the universe of polyhedra with the program Stella 4d (you can find it at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php), and stumbled across this. The triskelions themselves don’t spin — although they do seem to if you watch this long enough.