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An Enneagonal Mandala
I made this years ago — in 2010 — and just found it today, on Facebook. That was two years before this blog started. I like finding such “lost works,” but it doesn’t happen often these days.
Posted in Art, Mandalas, Mathematics
Tagged Art, enneagon, geometric, geometrical, mandala, mandalas, mathematical, Mathematics, nonagon
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Four Polyhedra Featuring Enneagons
Enneagons are also called nonagons; they are polygons with nine sides. I used Stella 4d to make these four rotating polyhedra, and you may try this program for yourself at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
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Tagged enneagon, geometry, Mathematics, nonagon, polyhedra, polyhedron
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Tessellation of Blue Triangles and Yellow Concave Pentagons
Alternately, this can be seen as a tessellation of blue diconcave hexagons and yellow triconcave enneagons. Which do you see?
Posted in Mathematics
Tagged enneagon, geometry, hexagon, Mathematics, nonagon, pentagon, tessellation, triangle
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Two Polyhedra, Each Featuring Enneagons and Octagons
I used Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator to make these. You can try it for yourself at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
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Tagged enneagon, geometry, Mathematics, nonagon, octagon, polyhedra, polyhedron
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A Polyhedron Made of Enneagons and Pentagons
This polyhedron has 20 enneagons and 12+60=72 pentagons (of two types) as faces. I made it using Stella 4d, which is available at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
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Tagged enneagon, geometry, Mathematics, nonagon, pentagon, polyhedra, polyhedron
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